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ELIJAH KNAP imnecticut, New Jersey and New York by Marjorie Watts Nelson first marriage, in Connecticut, produced six ~hildren. When the home to fight in the Revolution. He served six ~e~s, ~ ;town Ford, Virginia, captured, later released, re1om~ his outfit ometime during the war, he went to New Jersey, mamed m~ ldren. Wait a minute! Did his first wife die, or was he startmg a 1e old? When he was ninety, he died in New York with yet :rvently that he wasn't a bigamist. After all, he was my grea~ I wanted him to be an honorable man. I had a lot of searchmg rmation has his name spelled Knapp. I discovered that Elijah "p." But still, with an unusual name like Elijah Knap or Knapp, e only one would be the right one. The next thing I learned was ah Knapp back in the 18th and 19th centuries. I was stunned by the :s in the census and revolutionary war indexes. Familysearch.org Lpp, none for Elijah Knap. The spelling difference became going to have to separate all the Elijahs and prove which one was ry modern day Knapp researcher, including me, is using the same 2/ogy, compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,(Winter Park, FL lt of the information contained therein is either downright wrong author warned that he just printed whatever people sent him wnloaded a very interesting article, "Nicholas Knapp - Myths and ras written in 1997 by Fred H. Knapp, who points out that the book Ltion and no documentation except for a few wills and land ues to be ~e major source of Knapp infonnation. It is up to each : facts of his or her own line. igrant ancestor, Nicholas Knapp, arrived with the Winthrop Fleet '1assachusetts about 1630. Nichola5 brought his wife, Elinor, been proven and that is the subject of heated debates among ijah Knap, I wiJJ limit his ancestry to the following· >) begat Caleb . i) begat Samuel begatJohn t Elijah QRANGE COUNTY CAUFORNl.A GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY !J l llHIJl l l llllJU)•ppp•n1nn1 punnnp n
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Elijah Knap's first marriage was to RACHEL BARDEN at Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut in October of 1769 [Early Connecticut Marriages, edited by Frederic W. Bailey, reprint Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1968, hereinafter Bailey]. According to AAK, they already had five children, whose birthdates ranged from 1756 to 1766. Why did they get married after the fact? According to a history of Norfolk, [Connecticut Historical Collections; History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, by John Warner Barber; Durrie & Peck, 1837] there were no ministers in that tiny town until 1768. Perhaps Elijah and Rachel lived as common law man and wife until they could make it legal. Elijah had three marriages [AAK]. Some researchers believe that he had four: the first to an unknown wife, the mother of his first five children; the second to Rachel Barden, the mother of his son William; the third to PHOEBE (or SARAH) WATKINS, mother of his last five children. He named his last wife in his will and she survived him. The only marriage of Elijah Knap on record is his marriage to Rachel Barden [Bailey]. In the absence of proof to the contrary, I will assume she was his first wife.
In "A Brief Outline of the Glen Family" by Elijah McKinney Glen, August 1876 [hereinafter EMK] is the following written reference to Elijah Knap: "His first wife died. He then sold what he had and went into the army." So far this is the only mention of Rachel's death. When Elijah went into the army, his youngest child was three. Who was taking care of the kids if his wife had died? So far, I haven't found any record of her death or place of burial.
Elijah's second marriage was in 1779, while he was still in the army. He was granted a 27 day furlough beginning 16 January 1779. AAK states positively that he was married in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, and that he was a pew holder for nine years at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church. I straightway wrote to that church which, believe it or not, is still going strong and even more unbelievable, has early records! The head of their history committee wrote that they have the record of Elijah Knap's being a pew holder but no record of a Phoebe or Sarah Watkins, or of their marriage, or birth of any children.
I next turned to the census. We all know the first census of the United States was taken in 1790. Elijah should be listed as a head of household in Somerset County, New Jersey, which would at least prove he was located there. Then, to my astonishment, I learned that the 1790 census of New Jersey was destroyed! There isn't one. [Story of my life] For a substitute, there's New Jersey in 1793, by James S. Norton,(Salt Lake City, 1973). It is an index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey. Elijah Knap is listed with the "ratables" in Bernards Township, Somerset County. I wrote to Bernards Township in hopes of proving the marriage of Elijah Knap and Phoebe Watkins. The answer? Their records don't begin until 1850.
What was Elijah doing in Basking Ridge anyway, while be was supposed to be fighting a war? If I hadn't hated History so bad in school, I may have remembered that Basking Ridge was in the center of military activity during the Revolution. Soldiers were coming and going through the small town because of WASHINGTON' s headquarters at Morristown. The citizens treated the soldiers like heroes. Elijah Knap' s Connecticut outfit was in Basking Ridge at this time, causing young female hearts to flutter, and one of those belonged to Phoebe Watkins.
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2. FRANCES KNAP (Elijah') was born at Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey [EMK] on 26 December 1783 and died at Como, Whiteside County, Illinois on 13 November 1857 [EMK]. She married at Glenville, Schenectady County, New York 16 March 1803 [EMK] ALEXANDER GLEN, son of ALEXANDER and MARGARET (GLEN) GLEN. He was born at Galway, Saratoga County New York on 21 August 1778 and died at Charlton, Saratoga County on 1 June 1855. [Lovett/Methodist Cemetery record]
Frances Knap was one of the five children of Elijah Knap and his second wife, Phoebe Watkins. When Frances was thirteen, the family moved to Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. Her father referred to her as Fanny in his will and left her one share in his farm.
Fanny Knap Glen, first a farmer's daughter, then a farmer's wife. To help with the chores, farmers needed many children, and Fanny had twelve, probably all born at home. She had no disposable diapers, washer or dryer, or even electricity and indoor plumbing. Her work was cut out for her. The fact that she was a traditionalist showed in the names she chose for her children. The first daughter was named after Fanny's mother, the second after Alexander's mother. The third was Frances, after herself. The first son was Alexander, like his father and grandfather. The second was Elijah for Fanny's father. Fanny was forty-eight years old when her last child was born. It was to her credit that all of her children lived to maturity, though she outlived three of them.
Frances Knap's sister, Elizabeth, married Alexander Glen's brother James. They settled in Randolph County, Illinois, as did Frances' son, James. Frances herself died in Como, Whiteside County, Illinois, while living with her youngest son, Gilbert.
Frances and Alexander had twelve children, all b. Amsterdam, Montgomery Co. NY, surname Glen: i. PHOEBE,3 b. 15 Feb 1804, d. Schenectady Co., 16 May 1837; unmarried ii. ALEXANDER, b.3 Aug 1805; d. out West in the Mexican War, c.1845; no children iii. ELIJAH McKINNEY, b. 12 Aug 1807; d. 14 Oct 1879; m. Galway, Saratoga Co. 3 Aug 1828 SARAH BROWNELL; children, surname Glen: MARY C., ALONZO PAIGE, FRANCIS WAYLAND, GERRITT SMITH, EUGENE, JOHN GREEN, HOWARD, HELEN MAXWELL, Elijah McKinney Glen (EMK) put together a short but invaluable family history in 1876. iv. MARGARET, b. 5 Oct 1809; d.20 Mar 1837; m. Glenville, Schenectady Co. 24 Mar 1831 CHAUNCEY SEAMANS; two sons, surname Seaman: ALEXANDER GLEN, UNKNOWN; After Margaret's death, Chauncey moved to Kansas with the two boys. v. JACOBS., b. 15 Nov 1811; m. Charlton, Saratoga Co. 8 Feb 1833 HANNAH LANDERS; children, surname Glen: RACHEL ANN, HENRY L., FRANCES ELLEN, MARY C., GEORGE A., JOHN MOSES, MARGARET J.; family resided in Charlton; Jacob S. Glen was a fanner 3. vi. FRANCES, b.14 Oct 1813; m. Charlton, Saratoga Co. 10 Oct 1833 FRANCIS BANGS PENNY
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vii. MARY, b.17May1816; m. EARL SUMMERS; childr1 lived in Marshall Co., IA. ~ii. JOHN, b.11 Apr 1819; unmarried; resided in Albany a1 tx. JAMES WILSON, b.28Aug1821; d. Marissa, St. Clai1 Randolph Co., IL 1Oct1842 MARY ANN CLENDEI" MARY JANE, ELIAS GILBERT, ANN FRANCES, W CYRUS, AL VAH CLENDENIN; m.(2) Randolph Co., MARGARET GRAY; no children. Rev. James Wilson ( minister; his charges included churches in Marissa, St. ( Sparta in Randolph Co. The family lived at Sparta. x. ELIZABETH ABBEY, b,7 Nov 1824; m.prob. Schenect ANTRIM, Jr.; children, surname Antrim: MARY FRAN ALEXANDER, MARGARET EVA, CHAUNCEY, JOI-1 ELLA JANE, & MARTHA ELIZABETH. Aden Antrim lived in Iowa; in Oskaloosa Co. (1850) and in Tama Co. xi. SARAH CALPURNIA, b. 5 Feb 1829; d. after 1897; m. 1 1849 BANGS RULIFSON; children, surname Rulifson: AMELIA, CASSIUS CHASELDON, ELI AUGUSTUS. born in NY, the third in IL, the last in IA. In 1876, the fru Co., OR where Bangs was a dairyman. They were in Cov xii. GILBERT McMASTER., b.20Mar1831; d. Rockford, V m.(1) SUSAN PARTHENIA JONES. She was born One Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL 19 May 1861; Gilbert m.(2) I Gilbert and Susan, surname Glen: TRUMAN JONES, El Gilbert and Barbara, surname Glen: FRANCES ADELIN CHRISTINA J., WALTER FRANKLIN, LEWIS H. Gilb school teacher in Sterling and school superintendent at R
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3. FRANCES GLEN (Frances, i Elijah, 1) was born at Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York on 14 October 1813 [EMK]. She died at Fort Plain, Montgomery County on 21 March 1891 [AAK] and is buried in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady,[cemetery record]. She married at Charlton, Saratoga County [Freehold Presbyterian Church record] 10 October 1833, FRANCIS BANGS PENNY, son of ROBERT PENNY (mother' s name unknown.) He was born 3 March 1812, birthplace unknown; died at Schenectady 28 November 1870 [will] and is buried in Vale Cemetery [cemetery record].
Frances Glen was born during the War of 1812 when people still traveled by horse and wagon. Some things had improved for housewives. Frances cooked on a woodstove in the kitchen, instead of over an open fireplace like her mother. Although she sewed the clothing for the whole family, she was able to buy the cloth instead of weaving it herself. She had wash tubs to do her laundry in and oil lamps for light, but was born too soon for indoor plumbing. Frances Glen reinforced the family naming tradition by marrying a man named Francis. They named one of their sons Francis, who unfortunately died at age two. Frances had nine children, the last one when she was thirty-nine years old. She named her Emily Thankful.
Frances and Francis lived in the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York. They rented out the farmland on which their two story house sat. Francis was a butcher with his own shop in Glenville. He died at the comparatively early age of 58, having made a death bed will. His customers owed him a total of $551.41 which debts the appraisers divided into three groups: good, doubtful & bad. In his will, he directed his sons to sell the butcher shop property and use the money to support Frances and their two unmarried daughters. Having buried four children and then her husband, Frances had more than her share of sorrow. She spent the last of her life with her oldest daughter in Fort Plain and died there. Frances and Francis, and everyone of their children except the youngest, are buried in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady. children of Frances & Francis, all b. Rotterdam, surname Penny:
i. MARY,4 b.30 May 1834; died 1Oct1895; m. Schenectady to GEORGE ROLFE, b. England 1833. They had at least four children; resided Niskayuna, Schenectady Co. [1860 census]; Minden, Montgomery Co. [1870 census] Children, surname Rolfe: FRANCIS A. , CHARLES A., ALEXANDER G., KA TY A. ii. ANNIE, b. 8 Apr 1836; d. 26 Mar 1845; unmarried iii. CAROLINE, b. 8 Oct 1838; d. 25 Nov 1862; unmarried 4. iv. JACOB KNAPP, b.l Oct 1840; m. RACHEL WITBECK v. SARAH ELIZABETH, b.26 Jul 1842; d.5 Jun 1863; unmarried vi. FRANCIS ALEXANDER, b.6 Jan 1845; d.22 Apr1846 (infant) vii. FRANKLIN JAMES, b.16 Feb 1847; d.1893; m.(l) MARY SWITZ; children, surname Penny: FRANCES, GEORGIA E. m.(2)EMMA NEAL; children, surname Penny: AL VIN NEAL, FRANKLIN JAMES, HOW ARD. viii. JULIA CATIIERINE, b.28 Aug 1849; d. 7 Jan 1921; unmarried; member of DAR ix. EMILY THANKFUL, b.21 Apr 1852; d.20 May 1900; m. CHARLES EDWIN VEDDER; children, surname Vedder: MARGARET W., CARL E, KATHRYN M.
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4. JACOB KNAPP PENNY (Frances Glen, 3 Frances Knap," Elijah Knap,1) was born at Schenectady, New York, 1October1840 [cemetery record]. He died at Rotterdam, Schenectady County on 26 May 1885 [Sch'dy Co. Surrogate File #106-005] and is buried in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady [cemetery record]. He married at Schenectady on 19 June 1861 [wedding certificate, First Baptist Church of Schenectady, in author's possession] to RACHEL WITBECK, daughter of PETER I. and JANE (RICHMOND) WITBECK. She was born at Schenectady on 10 November 1940; died at Glenville, Schenectady County, 9 Apr 1915 [NY Death Certificate #26075]. She is buried beside Jacob in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady [cemetery record].
This couple married at the beginning of the Civil War. Jacob Knapp Penny, age twenty-one, had already enlisted on 2 May 1861 to serve in Co. C, 4th Regiment, New York Infantry. He came home on leave to marry Rachel. At first stationed in Newport News, Virginia, and then Baltimore, Maryland, his regiment was ordered to join the Army of the Potomac and was in the bloody battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, 17 September 1862. From there they went to various posts in West Virginia and Virginia. They fought in the battle of Fredericksburg, 12-15 December, 1862. In the spring of 1863, the regiment saw action again during the Chancellorsville Campaign, 27 April through 6 May. Private Jacob Knapp Penny was mustered out with his regiment 25 May 1863, glad to be alive. The regiment had lost a total of 88 men.
At the time of his marriage to Rachel, Jacob was a resident of Roslyn, Nassau County, New York. When he returned from the army, he and Rachel settled in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, and were still there at the time of the U.S. Census of 1880. Jacob farmed the land he inherited from his father. At the early age of 45, he had his will drawn up, and died 18 days later. In his will, he directed that one-half of the land should go to his widow, the other half to be equally divided between his two children.
The Schenectady directory of 1885 lists Rachel as a widow. She never remarried and died of tuberculosis at age seventy-five.
Children of Jacob Knapp and Rachel (Witbeck), surname Penny:
i. JACOB KNAPP,5 b. Schenectady in 1865; death date & place unknown; m. Schenectady 25 May 1887, Elsie Gertrude Barhydt; three daughters, surname Penny: CLARA RAY, GERTRUDE ELSIE, RUTH HELEN 5. ii. JEAN FRANCES, b. Schenectady 9 Jan 1870; m. same place 12 Nov 1895 WILLIAM MAXWELL WATTS
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5. JEAN FRANCES PENNY (.Jacob Knapp Penny, 4 Frances Glen, 3 Frances Knap, 2 Elijah Knap, 1) was born at Schenectady, New York on 9 January 1870 [Census 1870];died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 June 1951 [PA death certificate # 13268] cremains interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia. She married at Schenectady 12 November 1895 [wedding certificate, Schenectady] WILLIAM MAXWELL WATTS, son of WILLIAM and LEVENIA (PALMATARY) WATTS. He was born at Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland on 17 October 1874; died at Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri on 28 January 1901 [newspaper obituary]; buried in Still Pond Cemetery.
Jean Frances Penny's first name was spelled variously Jenny, Jenna, Jene and Jean. Her parents called her Jenny. Her cousins did too. On the 1880 census, she is listed as Jenna. On her wedding certificate, her first name is spelled Jene. Somewhere along the way, she changed her name to Jean. Obviously she didn't want to be Jenny Penny. Little is known of her childhood in Schenectady. At age nineteen, she graduated in good standing from Peirce School of Business in Philadelphia (later Peirce Junior College)[ school records].
How did a girl from the city of Schenectady meet a boy from the small town of Still Pond, Maryland? William Maxwell Watts was a student at Carlisle College in Dickinson, Pennsylvania, from 1889 to 1893 while Jean was attending business school in Philadelphia. Possibly there was an intramural event where the two got together. She graduated in 1891. He graduated in 1893 and began teaching in Kent County, Maryland schools.
Jean and William went to Schenectady to be married, as her parents had been, in First Baptist Church. and afterward made their home in Still Pond. In 1899, William was hired by Jackson Military Academy, Jackson, Missouri, and moved there with Jean and their two young sons. He was the principal by January of 1901 when he suddenly sickened and died of pnewnonia. His younger brother, CHARLES GARFIELD WATIS, went to Jackson and helped Jean operate the academy for the balance of the term. Jean returned to William's parents' farm with her two little boys. Her mother-in-law died in 1902 and her father-in-law in 1903. She moved back home to Schenectady where she worked as a stenographer and raised her sons.
When World War I broke out, both of Jean's sons enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Jean was having a hard time making ends meet. Her brother-in-Jaw, Charles, sent a smaU monthly check, and both sons sent her money when they could. The War was followed by a world wide influenza epidemic in which thousands died. Fortunately, Jean did not contract the disease in spite of nursing a niece through it. In 1920, Jean moved to Baltimore with her son, George. After his marriage in 1923, she made her home with her other son, William, first in Schenectady, then in Richmond, Virginia, and finally to Fredericksburg. While standing on a chair hanging curtains, Jean, age 62, fell and broke her hip. She walked with a deep limp for the rest of her life. In 1951, she went to Philadelphia for a cancer operation and died in the hospital.
Children of Jean and William, both born on their grandparents' farm in Still Pond, surname Watts:
i. WILLIAM MAXWELL,6 b. 2 Dec 1896; d. Fredericksburg 7 Jul 1967; m. Arlington, VA 25 Sep 1948 MARIAN AUGUSTA REED; no children; Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve Force, 1918-1919. 6. ii. GEORGE VALENTINE, b.24Oct1897, m. RUTHBOCKMILLER
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6: GEORGE VALENTINE WATTS (Jean Frances Penny, 5 J r ranees Knap, 2 Elijah Knap1) was born at Still Pond, Kent c. 1897. [MD Delayed Certificate of Birth # 10257] He died at E County, Florida on 27 January 1984 [FL Death Certificate# f Philadelphia Memorial Park, Malvern, Pennsylvania [purchm He married Ruth BOCKMILLER at Baltimore, Maryland on & certificate]. Daughter of CHARLES HOWARD and JESSIJ Ruth was born at Baltimore on 25 August 1901 [Baltimore Ci #10301]. She died at Boynton Beach on 4 June 1990 [FL De~ cremains are inurned next to George's in Philadelphia Memo1
George was born on the fann owned by his grandfather, Willi father, William Maxwell Watts, was also born. Except for a~ Missouri, his first five years were spent on the farm in Still Pc with his brother and mother to Schenectady, New York, wher, After graduating from high school in 1916, he went to work fl the stock room.
On 6 April 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. enlisted in the U.S. Navy at Albany, New York. He served 011 and Europe and developed a life long love for boats and the st he was one of the few sailors who never got seasick. He eamt Class, and was discharged 16 May 1919.
He returned to work at General Electric in Schenectady, this t 1920, GE transferred George to their Baltimore plant, where l Department. His mother moved with him and took him aroUl1 relatives. One was a second cousin, Ruth Bockrniller, whom · housekeeping in a Baltimore suburb - his mother gave them tl Schenectady from the fann in Still Pond. Ruth and George h~ closed the Baltimore plant and transferred George to the Phila alone to find a house to rent for his family, and moved them a Aldan in Delaware County, where the family was to spend th
George soon became head of the Methods Department. He re until his retirement in 1960, with the title of Manufacturing E years with GE, George took many courses to improve himself new ways of doing things. In 1940, GE patented one of his in machine. He won several awards, most notable being GE' s h A. Coffin Award, which he received in 1942 for developing a small air circuit breakers.
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A year after George's retirement, he and Ruth sold their home in Aldan and moved to south Florida, first to Stuart, and then to Boynton Beach. They belonged to the United Methodist Church in both towns. George bought a camping trailer and they enjoyed many camping trips together. George realized his lifelong dream of having his own boat and going deep sea fishing whenever he pleased. He never lost the two characteristics that made him so valuable to GE: ingenuity and perseverance.
Children of George6 and Ruth, surname Watts:
i. GEORGE VALENTINE, Jr.7 b. Baltimore, MD, 1Jul1924, d. Philadelphia, PA, 7 Nov 1954; m. Collingdale, Delaware County, PA, 31Dec1947 Mrs. ANNA LOUISE STREET FLYNN, no children. George served in US Army, WWII, 1943-1945 ii. THOMAS BAYNARD, b. Baltimore, MD, 2 May 1926; m. Hackensack, NJ, 27 Mar 1948 ALICE LOUISE CHAMBERS, 3 children. Tom served in US Navy WWII, 1944- 1946 7. iii. MARJORIE, b. Baltimore MD, 14 Sep 1927; m.(I)Lansdowne, Delaware Co., PA, 5Oct1946 WALTER REGINALD VOSS. 3 children; m.(2) Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1Jul1976 GEORGE WILLIAM SHEPHERD, no children; m.(3) Delray Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL, 20 Feb 1988 CARROLL STEWART NELSON, no children iv. HOWARD MAXWELL, b. Drexel Hill, Delaware Co., PA, 2Aug1931; m. Elkton, Cecil Co., MD, 26 Jul 1957 DOLORES LORRAJNE HEFNER, 3 children. Howard served in US Army 1949-1952 & 1957-1961 v. LESLIE RUTH, b. Drexel Hill, Delaware Co., PA, 27 Apr 1935; d. San Diego, CA, 2 Dec 2002; m. Lansdowne, Delaware Co., PA, 27 Nov 1954 JOHN PA TRICK NOW AK, Jr., 4 children vi. JEAN PENNY, b.12 Feb 1942 Darby, Delaware Co., PA; m. Lansdowne, Delaware Co., PA, 17 Jun 1961 ROBERT DENNIS SHERWOOD, two children
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7. MARJORIE WATTS NELSON treasures the furniture which was originally owned by her great grandfather, William Watts of Still Pond, Maryland. It was moved in 1903 to Schenec~dy, New York, by his daughter-in-law Jean Penny Watts, who moved it to Baltimore, Maryland, m 1920 and gave it to her son, George and his bride in 1923, who took it with them in 1929 when they moved to Aldan, Pennsylvania. Their six children put a lot of wear on it. The furniture was moved again in 1961 with George and Ruth to Stuart, Florida, and then to Boynton Beach, Florida in 1971. After their deaths, Marjorie had it moved to her home in Boynton Beach.
With each move, some furniture was lost, perhaps left behind. There are only three pieces left, the sofa, the ladies' chair and the gentlemen's chair. It is now considered "antique" and .. described as "Victorian." Marjorie's mother told her that it was common in the day of Wiiham Watts.
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Death ···- Burial Compiler Places of Residence .. Address bccupa!lon If other than llousewlfe Church Mfilt a_ ~lon City, Seate £/,\•f :.~:.";!·,~~Til'MH.l~t.. c. ----- nate fier Father JH r'h rfi lll CI S M.11her's Mald_,...... _en N • •ne ChllOrcn'o N•-• In F•JI Chl~rcq ' o · I Monllo Yur cu,, y..,. •r PL.c• C:.w.tr ., Pr•""IAu, efi t. (Arnn,;:• In ord«r el t tn•l D••• o., Sul• or COl.6MT"f A114.Wa. ... cbuo ..... _:;;:,:..,: . 1 13lC'Ch 1'\7ft. William -- · Came to' Am. .. Mar. r Pull tl•m• rl s.,_..- - .. Margaret Dean !Death 30 AUi!' 16 5" IJa t .. rf-n•.~ M{ ~.11-~-~ ---.--lfass Pri scil 1 a \ f311rf.1I ...... - ... ) Akers 2 13 !C'lh 29 Julvl579 Abi,ail ----- 1~'. :-.!:Ir. /~ Pull Name rl $1"""• .. Death 14<: •n t 1'i"1 - ~ Burial ,. \ 3 ."'"Stephen Birth i1 M .... } 'iff..7/ft. 11t~-t ~br. FullN1moo1~- ..• Death \ Ourtal 4 ... BiC'th · ~tar. .. Fwl N•m• o1 5-•.. heath - \ 11urial 5 li.l inh 11.tar. Full N•- ol Spou1l- D'Jcach \ n;~i:ll 7 · ~~!:'~- . l:l31·. --·- --- F~ ti ·N;:n~ QI SpouH• - ~-- - -.. ---- ·------).:nth
\ ludal . . 8 . !lX~'-. ·--·------· ·--- l\lar. I fwll ""•me- Gl SpoyH• )calh f - \ 3urial llii:~t!.J ______. ./ . L\fa 1· • ./ ' ·f ull :r-:•11r. ~ d Spoa.u• ------·-· ·------·--- -·--·------· '!J ~~.: :II It - --- \ lr,.iri:il 10 Ulrth I ·------·-· --·- f-·---··---- ·------·- · Full Nan• • cJ 5r mu.e• \ ~~~~.+-=:~~= . ; };'.~. '.~11- -· ...... ·---- 1---·---· ·-.·-----.. .. -. ----·------.. 'F AMILy GROUP No. --r.----.-H_u_s_b_an_d_'_s_F...,.u_l_l_N_a_m_e__ l_t .. _ b_e_r_t-"'-K"'-NA:.:.P'------,,....:.:.:'> h::..:e:..:e:..:t:_~ This Information Obt3lncd Frnm: ~~~;•""'• 11lrth Chr'nd Mar, Death T617 Will ete 17 Sept 1617; Pr 14 Oct 1617 1Jf11l1~ Burial ------+P'-'-'ln~c~e~s~o~f~R:.:..::.e""si=d=en~c~e=------~------~ Occupation Church Affiliation t.1 1li!_ory Rec. ------+o=--,.,...h.-,..... ,.- ..-.- •. -u-...-,.-i.;~ · o-.,-11 121 «c. ( 1 ) Mar tha lH 0 is ------~~"~·~·~··~•~.,~··~·~·~h·~·~cf~o<~•~·~cl>~m:;.:,:..:•<~·------...::..:.-___~--~------Hfs Father Henrv KNAPE Mother's M:ild<'n Nain•!
Wife's Full Maiden Name Mar .... r .. t SPONF ------1wuc•ll ;.:..~:.....:::...:::....=~...!;-==:::..:..:~~~:::__...:~~~...... ~~---· - - ·· y------o... Der Monti. Yul" CUJ• Town or P~C'9 Co...N.) or fro•lncc, irie.. S1,,., or Co..i'">(rr Add. ll'J0r., oq Wile ------i--+-....:....-----+------~~---~-~- Birth - ··· ~ -----'------+IC~h~r~'~n"'l~------4------·------~------
------1~D~e=a~!h~------f------Burial ------·1------C:::!:o~m~1o~l~lc~r------t=-P~l=a~ce~s:....::o~f~R~e~s~ld~e~n~c~e--~------~---· - ---~- Address !Occupation if other than lloust!wlfe
1 6 Roger 1;\__ la_r_._1------·- ·------+------fwU Nein• ol S.,ouae• )cath \ ~~fol 7 'lirth _ - -~------''------+------;\.:;ln:..:1""··.-1------1------· --- · -- ·---·-----~------).,;ith I \ ·lurial 8 ·"IJrt.!d ·--·--·-·____ -·------+-·------~1ar. '·---~---1------~------1------~ ~ \ Jurlal
Ul!n1Ll-----·------~------"1ar. -----~ ·-· ____ ~--- · ------· · ------·----+------~~.::ilh •• - ·-·------f------\ rnrial 10 Ulnh I ·- ·--· ·------'------~1~£! - +---- .··· ·--·--- ·---- ·- \ .. q.-~~~~~,, .• !l,- 1 - - - ·. ---. ·---- !------. ------·------·------FAMILY GROUP No. Husband's 1''u11 Name WTT.T T "-" T
Wife's Full Maiden Name f.1ADf"!.J\R~'I' n"'~NE WUe'a o... Day Monlb Vear Cur, Town or Plan Coun1:1 or Pro•IM•• ttc.. S11r1 or Cou.n1ry Add. Wo.. OftWUe Birth IChr'nd Death Burial Places of Residence Compiler ·-· Address IOccuoatlon if other than Housewife Church Affiliation Cit~ 1 State £1~: ~."t."t:.~·~~~l Olrth n • .,..,,.,, fl' ...... ,.., .... ~ F 1 Elizabeth 31 Mar ta22 ~""'"'"l '- Mar. ,..,_:;,, ..,._ .... p,.J1Na1Mol5p 81rth l21 Anr 16 C)C) ~ F 1Elizabeth Watertown Middlesex Mass. Mar. ill Sent 1674 Cambride- e Middlesex Mass. 1'1111 N1me o/ Spo\la .. Dea ch * Samuel Scripture \ B uri ~ ! . M 2Jame s Birth 26 May 1657 Watertown Middlesex Mass . Mar. Poll Nam• o1 Spout.. neath l26Sept 1657 Watertown Middlesex Mass. ~ \ Burial ~p Birth ~far. F1111 N•me ol 5pouH• loeach \ Ou rial 4 ' Ai rth ~1ar. full Nemc ol ~u• Illea ch - \ Ru rial 5 !a lrth l!..1ar. fwll Name o/ Spo1111" )eath \ nu rial 6 ,___.llrth_ _ - ~1ar. ·-·------t"wU Nam•~~ .. bc~!.1!._ ------\ l uri:il 7 'lirth , 1\1~ .r~ - --- ·- ---- . F~ 1i ·N;;w ol Spoy1e• ------·---· -- ) .;a ch ·------\ ludal ·lirth 8 --- ··· ··- .. ··-- ---·- ... . -- ··-·-- l\Jar. of . full N1 nw SpauH• )<:ath \ b3urial 9 lli.n!L ----- ·------i l\1a1·. ------···- - .. - ---·---- ·•· ------~ f wit Nam~ ol SpO\ou• :~\:'._nlh -- . --·-- \ ·iurial 10 OlrCh _~------·- · ·- . ------~------·- · -F wU N•nn: GI Srouu• \ , !!j!;.:rial1~~ ~ t·~ --=- -~ ~ .- ·.=-~~ ~.- I; ===~~=-_:· - -~=-~-~~-~=~~.~~~==~=~-===· XIR TILE GENERA L AKMURY. XNA Xirkton (1p1:irlrn·tl l1y :\1n1ou.s KER 111n- 1:: 1 Sugeant·at· IKitchener. Erm . a chief wavy az . l'i"t.-t -.\ l111!1's hnd l.~rn. lli1.1:I). ,\t. t111u· 'l:tlt'r Lnu ~c l s or. . :-ta. hctw. two flags :u. ch.:lrgcd with a cru~" or. K~rkton \ Fun. Ent. L'l:.kr· ~ Oflkt', 1:,9u1. S:u11c .Ar ...v. Kitchin (:'i l cale~, co. Lan(;astcr). Gu. a !'11cv. inly tJf 11111 r K1rktot (cu. Suffolk). Az. a. cni:-:5 :H. d1Hgl·1 l '1'11lh five I ar. aml s~. l;ctw. three lxzant,., 1·:1d1 d1ar~ c1 l with a bp"inl{ ,.,.,,·allu11!1 J.(U. I of the th1nl. K irkwood (Scolln.nll). l'l' I' f1·~sc az. an•1 :\ r. on the firl'l a I Kitchin {l.omlon). Ar. on a pile az. lwL\1°, tw11tn.•l'1 •• .. •· 111.h· 1l1· 111i ~q ,·: 1ge h:i.uinj.(', wi('hling a wo11'1t·11 111:.lld v11r. on the kt J.:H. an t•ag- le 1 1i.~p1. of rlw 1\1·l tl. 1· ..· •t -,\ 1..-ri.,: ·111 ... lwul M·1·i111tl ll1ri·c hr:1 n1 lll'i' ,,f 11:1'- \'• 'II. Pr:'""'' :11. . l1 ~· :ilii ·• l 11r, \'t1l1wtl ~11. K irkwood l!-.1 ·nlla11d, llit h t.TUI Ur }·). Gu. thrN~ fcttrrlo .... ks ' Kitchiner. Ar. ou a c hc\·. l{Hart c rly, i;u. :1u• I != a . lwl-A'. or, ull :t d1cV. of lhC' .'i ('('On•\ lhn•e phf'llllS of the firi't. lhn·e hUs lar.t-1 of the ~1·c1111il, ;l,i 1111\llf hi.:1.. 1111 ~. f '' •-.\ Kirkwood (WotJ•l11ronk , Cll. H 11.-1·0111tn•in; ''1111tin1u·1l tn lntt· k ·~ head .. ra ~" d, Jiicrn d tl1ro 11 ;( t t lH · n~"·k loy :.i1 an .. w JA.'IU:."i l\uu;:wnnll, l·:s11 ., .I. I'., Hii;h :"'h1·ri fT of that co. l ~ t ! uu a caut un ! a bunlun· i11\'t'1 knl :.a. ; ant, 1•1·r 1•a l1· ur :wd i.;:11 . a frsSl' 1.ll'LW. ar. un a chief 11r1 a lio n ru1111' . uf the fir.-. L ;4"Ull;·e 1fu r t.f'f 1' ' · lhrct! lC' opar1l!'I. bn·s 1'l•llHl1 ·rd1:111,.! •"I; ·Ith, :ir. a fc:,.-;c ht'! w. two 11c l!ds, the 1kx.1c rd1argcd with a m :1rllt.:1 , :rnd tllt: :.1111 .~l t: f til n •c hawks' h 11rnl s ~11 . 1·,., .r · ·.\ faknn , \1i n;! " 1·x1 1:u 11kl\ with an a nchor ur. ar. l1(':tk c1I , jl':iSt·t l, :11111 lil'i l1 d 1• r , n ·--ting the d1·xt•'f claw un Kitson. l'al)' 1J f six ar. :rnd a& . o n a dLi{'f i!lt. thrco a hawk's hou•l ~ u . A ····;e,1 ( (,',,,f-,\ hawk d oJS\; l •J•L hvotlt•d bC'Zanls. KH . heakl'1I aml lt·gg1·1l ur. Kittermaster (.\kridcn1 funm·rlr •>f Cvll'shiU, co. W:irwi d•, Kirton (t.:o . \\\·:-.tmorclinal). Ar. a lr"-S C and a c hC't. in c hief grnnll'll l1y SeKar, Garter, to Tll h~IMI K1TTt:R~1Asn. 11. , of )l;ll. Col e .~ hill, co. Warwick, aml Li11 ..:uln's Inn, Lt> n tl•m: c Ml· Kirton (co. \\'ii~ ) . Or, a fr,..sl· anti d..c v. in ha...c 1411. flru1cll to W1LL1A~t l\11·Tl.ttMA:-.n :R , !"l "n uf Tu ...... ,~ hlTTt.:111· Kirton. Ar. a dll'f. gu. hdw. 1h1·n• 111ulld :1 S!L (:111utlu:r, MA s·ru1, whu wa;-; )!rcal-gra111h·•Jn of \V11.1.u:11 ti rVElPIA "Tt.k, ar. a ft. s1a· ~u.; a11 u1hrr, i< a , a fl',:~(' nm. in ":hid four of Cuh·:; hill, co. Warwkk, 1.1111 1 Ho111s1·y, 1.:0. Sal" I'/· 1\ 7.. ~ ttcurs·de· li::i or, 111 h;i :-1· three pikl's :lf. ; :u11•thn, ;1r. a cl1c v. chcv. l· nuiuuis hctw . lhrcc hl'la111:-1. c, · ,. .~ t-Ou ;i d1:11n:au hdw. lhn·1· t.:ru ~ :: l·~ l"l'1 •• ,, lct ~ll.; :llltJlht·r, ar. si:rt l·uglcs az. turnctl up l 'l'nl. au cai.,:ll', win~ s cxpantl•:tl 1·n1'1i1111i s. 1li ii1)1. sa thl'l't" l\.\ u, a1hl uncJ. Kittleby, or Kittelby 1St1·11lc, co. Salu p J. Ar. t1\1J Kirvill (t.:o. Cornwall). Sa. thnc \iuns' lll':nln jl•,.,., anl, as c hcv. Ma . C, ·1· ~l-,\ liun'I! head t·r:1sc1 l gu (anuthcr, url. 111any li r 11r."i·1lc ·lis :1r. Kittle by. Az. a saltirc t" mliattll'cl IJt:lW . four mhl't lct.; vr. Kirwn.n. S\·c U'lll.'t!lt\'A:i. Kivellioc. Az. :< ix J.: :trbs ur, thn1•, two, amt unc. ,.,.l,.f - Xirwan tCr\'l! J.:, t·o. tialway; W1LLU:1>1Kut.WAN 11. in fi :dway, An Indian ~u: ll' !:I heal! ar. l499; Bi · ~ . L' lsh ·r's Ollkc). Ar. a. cl11·\'. ~ ' · hrtw. three Klere, or Kleere. Ar. (1.1.n othcr, or) a cross hetw. four Curni:. h c h uu~hs i111r. C.-1 :,: t- A C11rni ...; h eh o u~h llpr. c.!itoi lcs i;-u • .l/otto-M on IJil·U, 111011 Hui, cl 111a 11:11 ri1•. Kloketicld (l·o. Norfolk). Az. a t•ru ) Kirwan {C o.1s llc ll:al·kd 1 cu, 1:a1 .... ay; 1il·!':icc·n1\1 ·1 l fromCn·J.:i.::). Knaplod. ll:ury uf:-.ix o r anti :t7.. u he 11tl ~u. ~ : 1111t· .-f,·,,,,1 ;~m.l l'•v;f . .1fott 11 -J';.1imc 111uu Vieu, 111011 Hui, Knapma.n (Thruwlcigll, co. lJcvun ; W11, 1.1u1 J\ .,.Al'MAN, o f i·l moll µa)' S. that place, Vbit . Oc ,·un, lt».!O, ~rtat-~rantl s un u( Wll.1. IA'I Kirwan (Stowe J. 1 111~1·, co. (::11wa)' : rlc.sn·n1ll'd rrnw Cr <' ~a;"). KNAl'MAtri, uf thl' same l•lacl'). (Jr, u n a cl'11:iS ~u . l1t·tw. f 1 1ur ~: 1111 c A· ,. •.1 amt f '•1.o1l. Corni.s h choughs p11r. Ove lilu..:ks o f tin !Jpr. 111Hk 1.:1 l wit Ii t he Kirwan ~ lalc ul' ~lo)'l\l', cu. Galwayi .JoHN S·raATlol\D l\JRWA flf , Idler W s3. t-'. s11-o late ur ~l 11y 11c , )l4. 1 1; r1~. 1.atly Vtl"H•RIA :'llAkV HAWL>UN' Knapman. Ar. lhn·t• liun:-4 r:1111p . in f1 ·ssc ~II . r .·.. ,t-:\ llA:"ITt:-01. s, lhinl 1\a u. uf tit:o1ua:. ~1·,·11 1111 .IJ ,,,·,7.•riu ·~f l/u.di,1:p, swunl in pale en flied with a Sarnc1·n· .~ h1·:Hl l ·uu 1ll'll ppr. auJ 1·0 lh·in·:.s uf lil·r brotl1~· r llt;.,.llY, fourtll ,l/ ... r, i•t.n 1if Knapp (1'udd1·nh:u11, en. Norfolk, ~1 ·c llh : 1111 anti \\'a , lit.nokr, *' J/1l ,, tn1y.•, /fru·o.1 1/1• .• '•'• •f! •, 1/ 1111 :1•-:J•,. tl, a,·,!I ,~. R ··lh1"', &c ., c.:o. Suffu lkt. Or, in chit·f three c..·lul'>" lw\111ds s:1. in ha ::=1· a J.:1· .). Saml' ;f ,· ...., aw.J (',·, ., . . ,1/.,ll••- .l 'a i1111.: 111 0 11 llit.:u, tuort lion ti•1S". 1.f the l:isl. t •,.,.1t - A11 ar1111 ·111lio.,,t:tl in a rmuur H11 i, l'I 111a 1•:1tri1•. ppr. g:irnishcd o r, the hantl al-;u 111Jr . O{ ra ~ 1 ·illl.\' loy t he Kirwan {The l ~ bntl ur j\la1 lilli•tlll' ; a\lu\\ct.l 1.y Hawkins. Made a l.J rvkl-n .• wurd ar. l11Jt. a w l lJUl llllld i.; ultl, w11 h Lbti·I', J; .i ~• . t 11 \li,· 11At:L Ku1 w\:-.", i.:,ra 11tho 11 uf l'U,h ... t; Kn.· a Lrand1ufla11rd \'1•rl. WA:-." , ''h11 l1·ft li:llw:iy in 16 ;"1:.!, .11 HI ,..1·11!1·1l at :\b11i11i1tlll'). Knapp (Lillll' I.infu11l Ha ll :t11tl Slu..: nley, c..·o. J;udc.. , . ~ : 1111c S.11111· .J,·.,,,, and(',···"· l'f ,·.. , 1. K it· wa.n ( Bun li :.('ab, in Fram•c; a\11.11,·1·11 h)' Uryan, l kputy Knapp ( llA:'>tl1t.\· · KsAPr). Or, " livn 1':1:;;..-1 . in 1.;i .. ,• a ml Vlstt·r, l il;ti, In )IAll•TS l\1k1\A:'l , 11 f1h:o1 11b t.: 1", 1.pr:it i.. 1.1111!,. .. 11 i11 dn•·r llin·•· ··~ • 1'1irt · :.· hd1111 ·I" :> a., 'llla!'l •· nnl{ r.: u . "li•1n uf ~ ll'llut.A :. l\ 11t 11·.' ·'" • l '.- 11 .• ul 1:alli111uLl.1·r, cu. :'!J ayo, lhc r :11 11v . ur. c1u.,..nct..I ur, fu r ll ;\"111.v. c . t .•l --S:1111 c :&:4Twltltn · 1'11 11 of Hll'llAttO l\urnAs, 4i un·111vr aml '.\I.I' . of li:llway). h~1m. Same .if ,· ..... ; anJ (.'" ·''· .1/.,((11-J :iiml: 111 ut1 1J icu1 u H.•ll Hoi, Knapp. Ar. a t• ru!l:i i;u. bt·lw. four ro:1\·S 11vr . •·l 111011 p:11s. Knappe ( \\'oudcol, cu. Ox.fonl; i,;-r:.intctl '.! Sqil. l tit.i~J. S:1. Kil'wan f En;.!l.111111. r.u. thn·r l'rl': '. :.Il I ' \, .i • \ \! . . '\ \ ILLUSTRATED ~ · ~ ~ .. -- :- ·}-. ..~· 1-i ·: ,.-.. •• ..:> r - ' ~ t • -:.. • I Knapp and Allied F amJies BY MYRTLE M. LEWIS, RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY NAPP, as a surname, is of local derivation, meaning "at the knap," a summit or hilltop, from residence thereon. In various spellings the name occurs in the early records of several English counties. (Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.") Arms-Or, in chief three close helmets sable; in base a lion passant of the last Crest-An arm embowed in armour proper, garnished or, the hand of the first grasping by the blade a broken sword argent, hilt and pommel of the second, with a branch of laurel vert. (Burke: "General Armory." Visitation of Suffolk, 1577.) Mott<>-SPes nostra Deus. (God is our hope.) (Visitation of Suffolk, 1577.) I. Nicholas Knapp, American progenitor of this family, is said to have come from England in Winthrop's fleet in 1630 and died at Fairfield, Connecticut, April l 6, 1670. The English home of Nicho las Knapp, of Watertown, Massachusetts, is not known. It has been supposed that he was a brother of William Knapp, whom he accom· i66o; man panied to Watertown, but there is no definite proof of it. However, J~seph, bon it is quite probable that they both cam~ from East Anglia. It is Husted, wid likely that William did, because his daughter, Elizabeth, married into J~hn Reyno f'virich; marri a family belonging to Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk. 1. Nicholas Knapp was a proprietor of Watertown, Massachusetts, 'in I 7 I 3; ( S in 1637, but sold most"i:;f his land there in 1646. He moved to Stam· _'In I 673, die ford about 1648-49 and at that time owned land there. He settled in ~February 2t that part of Greenwich, Connecticut, which later became part of New · ~ 1750, at York State and now is the town of Rye, Westchester County, New John or Jon York. :._;;J..,:·'w ·.- ("G enea Nicholas Knapp made a will, dated April 15, 1670, in which he CGnnecticut, names his children, Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah, Disbrow, Han· Greenwich," : English Fan nah and Lydia. .E. B. Hunt Nicholas Knapp married (first), Eleanor, who died August I 6, 145.) 1658; (second), March 9, 1659, Unity, also given as Unica, widow of Peter Brown and previously widow of Clement Buxton. Children ~:~ III. J os) Knapp, was of first marriage: I. Jonathan, born December 27, 1631. 2 .. Timo· and died bef 146 pore KINGSLEY, etc., cont., KIRTLAND, etc., cont., KNAPP, KNAP, KNIGHT, cont., 10 l!t-hubo1i1 '') " ' ife Elizahc th; cb. Eldad b. Jiroh. 31 ).J arc.:JJ, J0'37; lit•q . ro wift·; sons Sa. ::>: Jcb oln•. ' i'nterto w n. propr.; fin<"l for Jvhn. c-nrpc•n t<'r. cnrnc in the H t'Y i..: In ]l;:JS, lknt•wed 11. ]ft (1) 11;..J J. tlwnid, .Jo l111 :i ud l'hilip: dan,. 1l:in11a!J and :\lny, Jt;38. • ~<' llinj! n m P1l itia e f o r the ~c urvy which tllc J l!IJU , of H <'11obot!J, lll:ule w ill ~ (!ll lGii, ;\Jury: l!l'. ell. of Lee nud Collins n:iiue;. Court bnd jud;:e XITCHEN, ~l aster Knii;ht. I pswich, a mini~ter XIRK, John, ne. 21 , cnme os sen ·nnt to Zach XNIGHT, of e m ployment in 1G42. LL .. P. D .] Judith, ae. 18, came Jn the Susan and ary Blckwcll from " -cymoutb, Eug. before A thager ed. l Wnter town]. I n..-. n:nde by Ellen In April, 1G35. J\Jarcll 20, l li35. Settled at Salem, shoemak P!Jilip, cooper, Cllarlestown, iulrn l.>. Lieut. Hug h ~fas o n and goodmnn J ohn er. Before Gen. Court with certain l G3i ; a house-lot and o ther la nd was " " Coolidge. filed in S nff. Proh. 25 (5) 1643. KIRMAN, XERMAN, book• 3 (oJ l G3ll; propr., 1G40, frm. Feb. 28, t•J him fo r keeping tlle fe rry ln l wl. \I [ H cg. III, 81.] Jollu. Cambrldi;e. frm. ;\Iarcb 4, 1G32-3. lG-12. co u s tnble 1048. Suit against him ln )J:trgeQ· adrn. cub. 7 (3J l wO. App. to r ecel..-e money from ::llr. C r isp e's lG50. H e d eposed in lGL:I, ae. about 42. His Alexander , Ipswich. propr. 1G35. Child Admiu. Ess. Court 23 (9) lGG::i, gr. i o " estate Oct. 18. 1G31. D e puty 1634-5. John, wife a d m . ebb. 2G (12) l (H2; cb. Eliza and 1'ntbanii>l, le ft a lo n e in tbe hou se. was o"' !.largery. Cb. [Jonathan], ae. 2G, I' Sandwich, d e b tor of 'l.'bos. H am)lton , 1G3i ; Haunnll bnpt. 12 (1) lli42-3, Joseph bap t. W burned to cl0 ca t b ; Inques t April 27, JG.JS. lp. ac. 23, He!Jerca.. a e. 17, Eliza, a e. 13. : propr. 3 June, 1G40. (:!) l v4;., J ollu lmpt. :!S (4) l G4G, Mary baJJL ~l ary, ae. 11. Son J onatb nn a witncs' Eze kiel, 8nlen1. lG3o. R em. to Brain 23 (21 lG~ S. J ,,1,n 1-.n pt. 2 1 (lJ ltl52, Itobcrt cou rt witll lllm :?G (2) 1GG2. [;\!dx. FiJr , "Jr., mnster of Hawkln's sblp Seafort. h apt. 1:, (:.!J JU~. ;:,. tree. " 'ife E liznl>etb bur. 28 (2) 1G42. Ch. drown pd in t b e " ·rel'k uff tlle eoa st of Spaiu Will dated :!O Del'. 1Gi 5 , pro\J. 30 (4) It.:76, E ze kiel b . 1 (12) lG~O . d. 20 (i) lG4l. Hich nrd. rn ilor. o f Homsey, Eng. ,.,, In lUH. [\\". ] in the James. .\.pril 5. l G3r.. Oeq. to \\"if<' and ~nu flubcrt; uth \.'r cllilUren G eor::-e. (w·it!J) bis wife aud child came to iuhC'rit a ft(•r " ·ifl'. T:ic harrl, tnilor, ::\e wbury, l63f>, f KIRTLAND, KERTLAND, KYRTLAND, from Bnrr ow, E u !!' .. l G38, nod s ettkcl at '1 l\la,· 25, l ti3ti; prnpr., to wn o ffi cPr. Hou KIRKLAND, CARTELYN, CATLIN, Ding h::im. land ::; )!nrch, IV4S. Hem . to Salislmry. ::'\mhauil'l, ae. lD. came witlJ his bro. KITCHERIN, see KETCHERING. G oodmnn - , H e ading. propr. lGH. dep o!:'Pd A pril 3. ]( ~~ ll. :w. al.Hnlt 78 ~·,·: Philip Ju the• Ho(lP\\'CIJ April l . 1i;3;,, S~t C' ll. r ec. nt ::'\.: Hl'ht•e<·n II. )Ja r c· u 3. 1 1 .; .J~ . tlt'll at L~·u u . Hl'W. t o : I 150 SUFFOLK SUFFOLK NAME OF Y.:\'.GL!Sll smrs NEW >:SOLA...'ID ' 'ARIO nm EMIGRA:-<""T PARlf:ili 1'..\ll!E NAME TOWN R F.FEIU NAME OF ENGLISH SHIPS NEW ENGLAl\D YARJOU!:I THE E!\11 GRA?>""T PARISll NAME NA~U: TOWN REF.t:RE!\"CE KNAPP, William Bures I I Watertown IPo pe ISt. Mary PHILLIPS, Rev. George IBoxford IWatertown l'ope ! CHILD, CRABBE, Rich:.rd Boxford Watertown History of * Benjamin Bury Roxbury Linzee I Wethersfield, Wethcrs- St. Edmunds 545-7 Connecticut fi eld Stamford, Conn. Ephraim Bury Watertown Linzee Greenwich St. Edmunds 545-7 Oyster Bay, L. I. i William Bury Watertown Linzee COE, Robert !Boxford !Frances \Watertown Grnealogy St. Edmunds 545-7 Wethersfield, Connecticut NEWGATE, J ohn Bury Boston, N.E.G. Stamford, Conn. St. Edmunds Massachusetts 33/ 58 Greenwich CHAPLIN, Clement Bury Cambridge, Chand: EDDY, Samuel !Boxted iHandmaidj Plymouth, Winthrop St. Edmunds Massachusetts Mss. Massachusetts Mss. N.E.G. W. 7a, 49 38/ 343 GJUGGS, Thomas 1Boxted Roxbury Linzee475 KNAPP, William Bury Watertown BostC11 • St. Edmunds TOV/NSEND, Thomas !Bracon A~h Lynn, N.E.G.R. GOODRICH, John Bury Watertown IGeneal· Massachusetts 29,'102 St. Edmunds Wethersfield, Connecticut BALLARD, William !Bradwell Lynn, N.E.G.R. Massachusetts 61/ 69 BRIGHT, Henry Bury Watertown ,K.E.G . St. Edmunds 13/ 98 COLLINS, Edward IBramford Cambridge, College Massachusetts of Arms TOWNSEND, Vv"illiam Bury Boston, Pope Massachusetts COOPER, Benjamin !Brampton Salem, N.E.G.R. St. Edmunds Massachusetts 57/ 198 A 'l" l.~ f lJ<.::'.{)1\T T h on.r1 " 1"o TI:11rv Boston, !Pop ~ ~ Planters of the Commonwealth . (~an~s) r; KNA~P ~ WARREN ~ - ' ""t _.r_ -- ) 64 Passengers and Ships Passengers and Ships 65 EowARD ToMLJNS of London Lynn Mercy Robinson ]OHN NORTON Fear Robinson THOMAS WILLETT of Leyden Plymouth RICHARD WATERMAN Salem RICHARD CLAYDON HENRY HOUGHTON Salem of Sutton, county Bedford Salem ROBERT MOULTON Charlestown BARNABAS CLAYDON of Sutton, county Bedford Salem \VJLLJAM NODDLE Boston Harbor RICHARD HAWARD of Sutton, county Bedford Salem Rev. FRANCIS BRIGHT of Rayleigh, county Charlestown RICHARD INGERSOLL of Sandy, county Bedford Salem Essex Mrs. Anne Ingersoll George Ingersoll JoHN MEECH Charlestown Joanna Ingersoll SIMON HoYT Charlestown J olm Ingersoll 'WA LTER PALMER Sarah Ingersoll Charlestown Alice Ingersoll NICHOLAS STOWERS Charlestown JoHN ST!CKLINE Charlestown 1630 THE WINTHROP FLEET MAYFLOWER, William Peirce, Master, left Gravesend in Eleven vessels brought 'the Great Emigration' of this March with thirty-five passengers, mostly from Leyden, year, viz: Holland, destined for Plymouth. She arrived 11ay 15.' ARBELLA the flagship RICHARD l\lASTERSON of Ashford and Sandwich, Plymouth •' AMBROSE WILLIAM AND FRAJ."lCIS Kent and Leyden TALBOT HOPEWELL Mrs. Mary M asterson JE'WEL WHALE Nathaniel Masterson CHARLES SUCCESS Sarah Masterson MAYFLOWER TRIAL THOMAS BLOS SO~f of Cambridge, England Plymouth The first five ships sailed April 8 from Yarmouth, Isle of and Leyden, Holland Mrs. Anne Blossom Wight, and arrived at Salem June 13 and following days. Thomas Blossom, Jr. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July Elizabeth Blossom at various dates. Altogether they brought about seven Mrs. Bridget Robinson widow of Rev. John of Plymouth hundred passengers of whom the following are presumed to Leyden Isaac Robinson have been on these ships.' DA!JIEL ABBOTI' .Mercy Robinson • Bradford, 11, 65. • Banks: Tht Winlhrop Flttl of 1{,30. 74 Passengers and Ships Passengers and Ships 75 WILLIAM HAWTHORNE of Binficld, Dorchester and Salem Salem Berks FRAKCJS J OHN SON of London Mrs. J oan Johnson FRANCIS HESSELDEN ISAAC JOH NSON of Clipsham, Rutland Boston Margaret Hoames Lady Arbella Johnson (ATHERTON) HOFFE JOHN JOHNSON Roxbury EDWARD HOPWOOD Mrs. Margaret J ohnson JOHN HORNE Salem RICHARD J OHNSON Charlestown Mrs. Alice Johnson SAMt.:EL HosJER of Colchester, Essex \Vatcrtown Bethia Jones Boston THOMAS HOWLETT of county Suffolk Boston EDWARD J ONES of Chester, mercer Charlestown WILLIAM HUDSON probably of Chatham, Kent Boston Mrs. Susan Hudson LEWIS KrnBY of Groton, Suffolk Boston Francis Hudson Mrs ...... Kidby .. \l\'illiam Hudson ...... Kid by ,. \\'1LLJAM H u LBJ RT Edward Kidby I Boston and Northampton r Boston I R1cH ..o.RD H uTCHJKS H EKRY- KIN GSBURY of Groton, Suffolk ( l\hs. Margaret Kingsbury GEORGE H uTCH I.NSO K of London Charlestown Henry Kingsbury, Jr. ( l\lrs. Margaret Hutchinson T HO!>!AS KING SBURY THO~!AS HUTCH INSON of London Charlestown NICHOLAS KNAPP probably of Bures \Yatertown MATTHIAS ljONS ~ probably of Roxwell, Essex Boston Saint Mar~·, Suffolk Mrs. Anne Ijons Mrs. Elinor Knapp Em·!UND }AMES of Earls Barton, \Vatertown " 'ILLIAM KNAPP probably of Bures W atertown -)f., Northan ts Saint Mary, Suffolk .Mrs. Reana J ames l\lrs ...... Knapp THOMAS ]AMES of Earls Barton, Northan ts Salem · .;-John Knapp Mrs. Elizabeth James -Anne Knapp Judith Knapp WILLIAM }AMES of E arls Barton, Northan ts Salem Mary Knapp Mrs. Elizabeth J ames James Knapp ]OHN }A RVIS Boston John Knapp William Knapp, Jr. DAvY JoHNSON Dorchester GEORGE KNOWER of London Charlestown FRAKc1s J oHKSON THOMAS KNOWER Appendix 78 Appendix 79 Kidby, Edward A sawyer, living in Boston and later in LAMB, THOMAS Perhaps from Stowe Langtoft, co. Suffolk. I Roxbury, with a family. Roxhury Freeman 18 May 1631 (M.C.R., I, 366). + Died 3 April 1646. KlNGSBUllY, HENllY Came in the Talbot from Groton, Suffolk. Lamb, Elizabeth Wife of Thoml!.S. Buried 28 Nov, 1639 ·1 Bo;ton First Church member No. 25. Died soon (Pope). after arrival (Winthrop). 1! Lamb, Thomas, Jr. Son of Thomas (Eliot). ~ Kingsbury, Margaret Wife of Henry. First Church member, No. ti> Lamb, John Son of Thomas (Eliot). 26. Lamb, Samud Son of Thomas (Eliot). IL Kingsbury, Henry, Jr. Son of Henry. Born 1615;died I Oct. 1687. !t.. Ipswich, Rowley, Haverhill (Pope) . .. LAMB, RoGEll Origin not determined. Freeman 18 May " KINGSBUllY, THOMAS In Gov. Winthrop's list. No further record. 1631 (M.C.R., I, 366). No residence •.: · Died or returned. known and no further record. I ii f ·; " .. KNAPP, NICHOLAS Probably from Bures St. Mary, Suffolk. LAwsoN, HENllY Probably from London. Mentioned 14 Watfrlown Sold his land, etc., 6 (J) l 646 (Frost June 1631 (M.C.R., I, 88). No further f'. ,' record. c• ) Gen. p. 372). Sold medicine for the scurvy If\,.-·. " (M.C.R., I, 83) . '= ~~ Knapp, Elinor Wife of Nicholas (B.T.R.). LEARNED, W1LLJAM Probably from Bermondsey, Surrey. Free ,.. ~ Charlatown man 14 May 1634 (M.C.R., I, 368). Died ; KNAPP, W1LUAM Probably from Bures St. Mary, co. Suf 1 March 1645 (Pope). 'II " ~ Watertown folk. Born about 1579; died 30 Aug. 1659. Learned, Judith Wife of William. Admitted church 6 (10) Mentioned 3 Nov. 1630 in Colonial 1632 (Ch.Ch.Rec.). Records (M.C.R., I, 82). Knapp, ltl.di<~hR- er Wife of William. LEATHEllLAND, \V1LLJAM: Origin undetermined, but probably London, Knapp, John Son of William (Pope). Bo; ton as he was servant of Owen Rowe, a silk Knapp, Anne Daughter of William (Pope). merchant of All Hallows, Honey Lane, Lon Knapp, Judith Daughter of William (Pope). don, one of the members of the l\fassachu Knapp, Mary Daughter of William (Pope). setts Bay Company. Leatherland was a Knapp, James Son of William (Pope). carpenter, born 16o8. Admitted church !l.4 Knapp, John Son of William (Pope). Nov. 1633; freeman 4 March 1634/5 ti Knapp, William, Jr. Son of William (Pope). (M.C.R., I, 370). KNOWEil, GEOllGE Probably from l.ondon. Born 1007; died LEGGE, JoHN Probably from London. In the service of Char/e;town 13 Feb. 1674 aged 67 (Lechford, :203). Lynn • Mr. John Humphrey 3 May 1631 (M.C.R., I, 86). Deposed 1657, aged 45 (b. 1612). KNOW Eil, THOMAS From London. Clothier (Pope). Will proved 2 (5) 1674. ( Charlntown LoCJl::.WOOD, EDMOND Son of Edmond. From Combs, Suffolk. WMB, EDWARD Origin not determined. . Among first set """""~ Camhidge Baptized 9 Feb. l 594. Winthrop writes Wattrtown tlers of Watertown (Bond). Died about about money to be paid to Downing for ,~_ " 1650 and widow Margaret married (2) Lockwood: 'let Mr. Peirce be payd his bill Samuel Allen (Pope). of provisions for him and brmg the rest ~ WMB, THOMAS with ~ .... ~ •'",.! .,.,.·• 1r '\ I ) , i ~ i' \'-._ d ' '"Ii! fh ~ pd'· (I\ (' ~ ~ Genealogy and History of Watertown 2nd Edition 81G KINO.-KINOSDURY.-RNAPP.-KNIOIIT. p. 326. KING.---9th line, for J6.1G 1 read JG~ .J. Tbis "young, rcsolnto, and confident" p. Thomas King, appears lo have been the pioneer in the sctllcment of Rulla11J (then called Nashaway]. From an excursion thither, with Sholan, an lnr!ian chief, ho rcturneJ and 111Jncell the hardy and at.!ventnrons John Prescott anJ others, to go nnJ. com· mencc a :->c1tlcme 11t there. lie and Rymonds, huilt a trac.ling-house; but he 1~1ed 111 \\l:it.,rli>w11. lwf"ore he had movctl his family thitlwr. I lis Inventory rcmlurs II ,·cry prob,1blc thal he ,wa~ a tr~dcr i.~ . Watt•rtown. [iiee,.Willan.l's Centennial Arldre~~. al Lanca:'1cr, and (,eneal. he ~f· vni., p. 5li.J Mary h111~. a member of the 2.1 chu1rh, in l!oston (name of her hnslland not ~i v .,11), had eight .. hil. hap. there, the tith of \\'horn, I' Hiehard, wa" b:ip. Oct. Jd, 1711. Was thi, the 11icl1anJ King who sellle The Will of Hid1ard J.:in;.:, of J.inl u11111 , da1 rd Fe b.~& , 1ir·n·ed !\Tar. 261 1771 , mcnt10n• wi r., ~: li wue)h; """" ll oi;er, Richard, and Sarn111··I ; dr. Elizabeth, wifo of Jo;1alt Parkhurst ; dr. l\lary, wifo nf Oliver Corey ; dr. Abigail, wif" of Asa Lawrence [J. L awn·nL·e, 27ti, Part 11. J; a1hl ~on James. , Sej•l., li:l!I, canlion a;.:ai11st ('<,,llle111rn1t 01) TI.u·hel Kin~, fwm Boston, hlaying al w1J. 3ari1afll"~. F eh. 10: 17 111 1 llit: hard l\.i11g- peti lio11ed tl!u :i:rlretm c11 of \Vat., fo r pt·r- rn i l"'~io 11 to cn·cL a ~aw pit ur ~1.: af1{1ld, at the S. c11 d of the LriJ~e ; no~ gra111t;J. ------·--·--·-- p. 327. RINGSllURY.-John l\iug,l)llry w~s J.,puty of DL·dham, i11 tG-17. ~ee G1:11eal. H1·g. vii., p. lli8. ., KNAPP.- [ I.] Illar. 1, 1630- l, Nicholas K11.1pp was fined hy the court five poun,I;, ·' for lak i11ti 11po11 lii111 to enre dJt• :-;c 11r\'y Ly a water o f 110 value, w!t;ch he _1wld al J. VHry dt!ar rate, to be impri:io11L!d till he pay his fine. or give security for 1t1 or e l ~o be wl.ipJ"" '• and be Ii.able lo any man's ac:ion of whou1 he ha Nathauiel Salisbury. Mid. Deeds, vol. ii., p. 201-3, says he d. i111e.;late1 and h18 est:th' divided by order of the court. Perhaps the Will was ~el aside uccau~c m~de be fore l1is last marriage. Oct. 15, lll58, ad min. on the es1ate was granteJ to Ephraim Child, Hidiard B(•er;, :;ml l'ri•cilla Kn :ipp. Tl11~ next April, s h~ was released from th" adrnini,tratic111. Der., lli5M, the «Ons1ahlu of Wat. wa" ord1' "' !'art II.) Joseph K11 igli1, :::en., d. 1 in Woburn, Aug. 13, JG87 1 and !ii:; wi of lumber in thu District of J\laine. llo m. (Isl) (after l1is re moval from Wal.), \ !SAllELLA llLACDEN. of York, Mc. He m. (!.!d), Jan. 31, 176~, MARY, 4. R1c11 .rnn, b. Dec. 22 1 1762, of Scarboro; m., January 14, 1790, HA NNAH LAR- mlii::t-:. 5. ls.< DELI ..< , b. Sept. 8, 176 ~ ; d. Sept. 12, 1770. ::{~~~:::.~· :1:: 020~' I:~:~ ;n:;: ~~:.:e1~~e1r8 ::'; 11 ~1 ~:' ~::~::: a~E;::~~i~:~·~.~ well known as the fi rst Governor of tl1e State of ,\tainc. Ho settled at llalh. I Mc., and al one perioil he was the largest s!1 ip-ownor in tho United States', wi1h the exception of Gov. Gray, of Salem. He rn., and hail 2 cl.ii. 8. B1:T;1:Y, b. Jan. 71 1770; m. Dr. lli:s JAMIX J. Po1tTE1t, of the U.S. Army, lately and probably now living al CamJen, !'lie. ' 9. Crnus, b. Sept. 16, 1772 ; ti. Ap. 25, 18 17; a lawyer, and an eminently elo . quent pleader. He •ettled in Saco, ille., and wa< a Rep. in U. S. CougresF. I He m., Odober, 17U7, ll.\N NA ll, J a ughter of Capt. Seth Storer, of Scarboro. Firn chilJren. ' ·------·-·------I N.ll. Fur a full and interesting memoir of llicJ.ar . NICHOLAS KNAPP, propriutor lti3ti-7 1 l.iy wife ELLNO!l, had 1. JoNATUAN, I \Juried Dec. 27, 1631. ~ . TmoTllY, b. December l·I, lu32. 3. Jos11uA, b. Jan. 5, 163·1- 5. 4. CALBU 1 b. Jan. 20, 1636-7. 5. S.rnAn 1 b. Jan. 5, 1G38-9. G. Rurn, I b. Jan. 6, J6W- l. 7. llANN.<11 , b. Mar. 6, 16H-4. By deed, acknowledged May 6, lti·lti, he sol,! , to Bryan llcntlleton, all his land g;ranted to him by tho town, 1 except one acrn of .l'onJ meadow, sold, Sept. 29, 16rn, to Ed. Garfield. ------··------·--· - - - . ·-. - - ·------WILLIAM KNAPP, a rarpenle r ; proprietor 1636-7 ; \irobably came over in 1630, with Nicholas Knapp. lie ,l. Au;;. 30, 1658, age, about 80. llis Will, datod 1655, mcution" no wife, bu! in the snltlcmcnt of hi,; estatl3, his wi1l. !'llfSC!LLA i receirnd one-third of it, bc;iJes a Jubt due to he r, for a , um loaneJ to him before marria~c, by wi,\. Priscilla Akers. Ho m. (probably between the writing of his ~ will and his tl.), I'!USCILLA, wid. of 'l'hom 1Jl 328 KNAPP.-KNfOl!T. 3 I. W1LI.1AM 1 Jr., d. Sepl. 2 5, lli71i; lnve11tory, £25; by wife }IARr, hail, I. P1iscilla, b. Nov. IU, IG~~ . (lly 2 was apprc11ticcd to J uhn FJc rnrni11g, maltstcr, ilfar. 61 1655-G; after the d. of J. F ., to Jolrn Ua rnard . 4 2 . .lo11N, b. 1624 ; a carpCil le r ; aJm. frcema11, 1652; m ., i\Iay 251 ltif. O, SAR.Ill Yo u~.:: . Aug. 18, 1675, made a1l111. of brother-in-law llenr>' Yonnl!· Hi; \Viii, dated Jan. ~2, lli~5-6 , (HO \'Cd Ap. 27, IU96, mentions \\'Jfo Sarah, an I. Eli::abctlt, b . Ap. 21 , 1G55. 2. Jam e~ , b. May 261 d. Sept. 26. 1657. 8 4. M .\lt Y, m . T1wM AS S." n11 , of Wal. [Smith, 5.J ' 9 5. J uumr, m. 1 • • s CA ' \Vat. [See Cady .] Eight chil. . lfJ '" /\ "1N >'. r '110,us Prnr. u m ~ K ! Johu). She d. beforu her fathe r, leaving clul. (See 1'hilbri'itc~.t------11 7. Er.1unET11, m . - - BuTI'F.llY. Jnuc 2-l , 1662, she , a wid. of llurr St. ~lary , Co. Suffolk, h:ng., by her Att'y T homas Danforth, sold to Nathanie CooliJge, her share (one-eighth), of her father's e; tate for £12. 11. 12 THOMAS KNAPP, of Sud., an 13 SAHAll KNA l'1'1 of \Veston 111., Oct. 20, 171 51 R1c11 A1rn 0 1wF. r.s, of Medfo rd. 14 MAHV K ~ Al'l' anJ AAIWll CuTTtNi;, m., i11 \Yc; ton, M ar. 20, lil9- 20, moved to Sud., and afterward:! to Attle boro. [These wern probably the Jwo drs. of Thomas K., lato of ::;llll.) 15 llENuv KNAPP[(!) so11 of Joh11, 4), a1lult; bap. nnd o. c. in Wat.1 Ja 11 . 15, Jti99- 1700 ; in 1704, a butcher, of Ne wton. _ " . J\ntGAIL KNAPP, (1) d r. of John ( 5) , of Ne wton, a11tl B1:NJAMIN N E wTu.~, of ~lar l · boro, rn., i11 Wat., Oc1. 3, 1712. MAnv KNAl'I' an KNIGHT.- JOllN KNJGl!T, of Wat., admiucd freeman, W36. In 16-12, ho was \>roprictor of a home,tall, UJul J.J othe r loi. of land in \Vat. Tn 1651, he boug 1t of John Wetherill, a house in Sud. Mar. . 3, J(i5 J-2, Johri Knight and wifo ,\fary, sold lo Thomas Underwood, late of Dorchester, ten parcels of land in Wat. Dec. 10, 1 6 ~9, Josi:p11 K>ma!T aml wife lfas>a11, of Wat., sold a mansion and 9 ~ acres oi lanJ to J ohu lli,,elow. SAnAu KNtCuT, m ., in Wat ~ 1105, lttrn•ao CALE. ['IO.] ADAMS.-AGA ll.-AKlmS.-ALDEN.-ALI,EN. 3 I [The followi110: were pnibably chil. of George and i\lartha] : 40 17. [ !] A11u.:A11., m., lllay 30, 17~7, E uBs •:zrn Bnuwi; , [!18. ] 0 ar, 50 8. [ !] A~NA, m ., Dec. 7, 17~7, lsAAc C111w, [Child, 18-5.] llu1111ah 5 1 Jo11N ,\uA>is, of Camb., probably cltlcsl ~011 of George. (t.) His Will, dateJ J11 11e I, 1705, nwutions wii"o ANN1:, sous aud gr. son W illiam, gr. 12, Lucy Jo/m luscph, dr. l\lariha Smith, gr. Jr. lteliccca, wi1l. of-- Squi.,r, lute of Camb., son-in· law Nailtaniel l'alliu, son-i11-law -- Earne (or Earne), a u _. mis, Jr. AGAR. Thomns Agar, a fulle r of Wat., previously of Rox., on Dec. JS, 1663, sold to Thomas Lornrau, late of Dedli:un, E:;StJ:\c Co., Euglan '.L ti!"19 ; ------~-· C/1:uuc1h ALDEN. Junulh1m Alden, l>ap. in \\'at., Aug-. 2, 1801, an ALLEN. (I.) WALTElt ALLEN was of Newbury, I G~u, a1ul reside,! thero sc1•eral years. 11., lllOl"l!!l lo \Valertown prior lo .Ap., ltil i~. al which time he was a proprielor, 'L :\~a: a11d was oue of a coroner's jury, July l!I, w1;:1. Ap. 20, JG 65, \Valwr Allen aud .Jo, eph wif" ltEBECCA sold house and laud in W at. to Simou Coolidge, bouu I OF THE I I I I T 0 \V N 1, v OF GROTON, 11 J IXCLUDlKG PEPPERELL AND SHIRLEY, . .- :;.. :, . '(i~\" ,j~::, . It . I ~ I I -~~~...... ,...~ - .- ·. ·"'. ~' ( . l FRO:\! THE I . :;-. ~ ·. •-" ~, ...~ . ~">S " "· ! ~' FIRST GRANT OF GROTON PLANTATION IN 1656. '11 WITH .1 PPENDICES, IIl I CO~TAlr.J:tG FAM.ILY REGISTERS, TOWN AND STATE OFFICERS, POPULATION, AND OTHER STATISTICS. 1 I1 BY CALEB BUTLER. l 1 ~ I ; I ; t "i • 1 Pleraque romm qne reforam pan"& forsitan et lcvia memoratu videri , non ' I nuc1u s llUm."- 7 'a,c,itu. 11 Small thing•, i n the br ~ i nning of n:ttural or politic bodit:11, are a~ reruarkablo : I BOSTON: Ii. ~ . .. •. "/ .~~: ;:-'. ,- 11 PRESS OFT. R. MARVIN, j 1 · No. 24 Co1rn Rxes S'I RZZ'l' . .I 1848 . I; I I ~ • + ELIZAJ!ETH KNAP. 255 254 THAUMJ.TURGU.. August 24, 1847, the cemetery was consecrated by ap distinctly uttered, wherein are the labial letters, w ithout propriate religious ceremonies, each of the settled minis any motion of the lips at all ; words, also, were uttered ters in the town, taking part in the exercises. The site from her throat, sometimes when her mouth was wholly is favorable for the purpose intended. It has a moderate shut, and sometimes words "\\·ere uttered when her mouth elevation, commanding a very extensive and variegated was wide open, but no ·organs of speech used therein. western prospecl. Should the contemplated improve The chief things that the daimon spoke, were horrid ments and embellishments be successfully aud tastefully railings against the godly minister of the town ; but like made, the respect thereby paid to the memory of the wise he sometimes belched out most nefarious blas dead may redound to the honor of the liviug. phemies against the God of heaven. And one thing about this young woman was yet more particularly The reverend and learued Cotton Mather, D. D. and remarkable ; she cried out in her fits, that a certain woman F. R. S., in his great work called his Magnalia, entitles in the neighborhood appeared unto her, aud was the only Book VI. THAUMATURGUS 1 i. e. Liber Afemcrabilium, or cause of her affliction. Book of \Vonders; and the seventJ1 chapter of that book "The woman thus cried out upon was doubtless a holy, he calls, Thaumatograpltia Pneumatica, or, A Relation a devout, a virtuous person ; and she, by the advice of the Wonderful Works of Spirits. In this chapter he of her friends, visited the affiicted. The possessed gives various accounts of persons bewitched, houses creature, though she was in one of her fits and had her haunted at sundry times and places, embracing the more eyes wholly shut, yet when this innocent woman was geueral workings of Satan at Andover, Danvers and coming, she discovered herself wonderfully sensible of it, Salem, in the year 1691. Of fourteen examples, which and was in grievous agonies at her approaches. he says are "11iira11da sed crede11da,'' strange but true, "But this innocent woman, thus accused and abused by one has its locality in Groton, viz. a malicious devil, prayed earnestly with, as well as for this possessed creature; whereupon coming to herself, "THE SECOND ExA.l'uPLE." she confessed that she hau been deluded by Satan, and "In the town of Groton, one Elizabeth Knap, (October, compelled by him unreasonably to think and speak evil l67l,) was taken after a very strange manner; sometimes of a good neighbor without a cause. After this, there weeping, sometimes laughing, sometimes roaring, with was no further complaint of such an one's apparition, but · violent agitations, erring out numey ! money! Her she said some devil, in the shape of divers, did very tongue would be for many hours together drawn like a diversely and cruelly torment her, aud then told her it semicircle up to the roof of her mouth, so that no fingers l was not he but they, that were her tormentors." 6 applied to it could remove it. Six men were scarce able to hold her in some of her fits, but she would skip about Among other annoyances endured by the early .settlers the house, yellin~ and howling and looking hideously. of the town, the ravages of beasts and birds of prey were "On December seventeenth, her tongue beu1g drawn out of her month to an extraordinary length, a dcem-0n ' Had the Rev. and learned Cotton Mather lived a century and a half began manifestly to speak in her, for many words were la~r, Groton would have furnished him with several more examples of >A-vi!-~ 32 l\:J R- KIT KJT-KNA ~ -33 l 635, ngcil 19, call. of Shcrington, in Co. Bucko, near OhH'y, went to Knnn:rn:1.r., K ETCTI ERWEJ.J., K ETCll J·:m:-:c, or Kr:c nEHELL, some I,. I. wi1h fir; t sell. th('rc, 1.iut afl. few yr;. came back to L. there Ly w. times with the first let. C., .los1·:r11 , Chnrk>town I 63G, perh:i ps tl1c rnmc, }>arndl hail Ann, b. 1 G .<\pr. 1 Gj8; J ul in, Ang. J G59; Jfonnnh, l ii Apr. "·ho:;e w. perhaps, or sis. Sarah on ndm. there liy tl1 c ch. 30 !\oY. l 643, 1 GG:!; Eliz. 20 l\far. 1 GG.J.; l\lar1ha, nn 18; Timothy, 1 G; Benjamin, 10; Caleb, 7; Jonathan, 5. His wid. m. been gr. at JJnn·. of wh. " Tillinm, 1751, was nine yrs. a tutor, and John llowcro. J\JosES, Greenwich 1 GiO, br. of the prcced. prob. Presid. of l\L l\I. S." d. 2 Nov. 1788, aged 56. youngest, but perhaps was only a Jd. holder, and ne,·cr li v. at G. but at KKELL, KxEALE, or KKH.L, Jonx, Charkstown, perhaps s. of Nicho Stamford n;; early as l GG7, and there· his f. gave him Id . by his will; m. las, rem. to B o.'ton, load w. Eliz. wh. bee. third w. of Nath:rni<"l lhcl1iler a. l GG9, Abigail, 8. of Richard 'Vescoat. Whether he hnd cb. I arn not of Hampton, 23 Oct. 168!J. Ch. of K . ''"ere J ohn, b. 13 J\Iay 1G79, ndvis. but he was liv. eertnin. at S. up to 1701, perhaps later. l\!cno 1!3pt. 12 Sept. 1680; H annah, bapt-1 l\Iny 1G81; and Richard, b. 2G, LAS, 'Yatertown, may have come in the fleet with 'Vinth. and Saltonstall bapt. 27 l\Iay 1 G83. N1c11or.As, Stratford l 650, m. Eliz. wid. of 1G30, by w. Elinor had Jonathan, wh. was bur. 27 D ec. 1G31; Timothy, Thomas Knowles of New H:wen, lmd J ohn, b. 24 Oct. 1G51 1 d. soon; b. 14 Dec. l G32; Jo;;hua, 5 Jan. IG35; Caleb, 20 Jan. l 637; Sarah, 5 Eliz. 3 May l G53 ; I mac, F eb. l G55 ; J ohn, again, 17 D ec. l G5 7 ; by Jan. 1G39; Ruth, G Jan. 1611; and Hannah, 6 J\Iar. 1G43; rem. to the go,·ernm. was grant. in l GG8, [;0 acres, and a s rnucl1 more next yr.; Stamford, there, I suppose, had J\lo>es, and Lydia. His "" Elinor d. 16 and d. Apr. 1 G7.'i. Ilis \rill names only w. and the two s. H e seems Aug. l G[;8, and hem. 9 ]\far. foll. Unity, wid. of Peter Brown, wh. had to have been a man of rnmc comeq. has l\Ir. prefix, and the mcnl. in been wid. of Clement Buxton; d. Apr. 1670. His will of 15 of that town rec. of his d. calls him "that aged bCJ1cfact.. of the eo~nt ry." mo. names fours. Caleb, Joshua, Moses, Timothy; and four ds. Sarah, Pmur, Charlestown, perhaps br. of John, by w. Ruth, m. 5 Oct. l 66G, Hannah, Lydia, and Ruth. Sarah m. G Sept. 1 G67, Peter Di>brough; as wicl. Allen, had Ruth, b. 6, bapt. 10 July I G70 ; Eliz. 15, bapt. 2G and Ruth m. 20 Nov. foll. Joseph Ferris. ROGER, New Haven 1643-7, Apr. lG/1; nnd Philip, 4 July 167[;, bapt. the rnrne day. H is wid. Fairfield 1 G5G-i0, and prob. later, lrnd made his will 21 l\Iar. 1673, petitn. the Gov. and Counc. 30 Oct. l G!J7, for rcclress in the case of her nam. w. Eliz. and ch. Jonathan, Josiah, Lydia, Roger, John, Nathaniel, sen-. Sambo, irnprcs;;. under 21 yrs. of age. His will, made at the age Eliz. and l\Iary, some of wh. were minors, '.Ind his inv. is of 20 Sept. of .'i l or 2 yrs. J 8 Feb. l G8'.l, ' ras not pro. bef. 1 [j Oct. 1099. 1675. ROGER, Fairfield, s. of the prcc~d. d. 1 G9I, but no acco. is r Kx1c 11-r, or Kx1G11-rs, AL1:xAxDE1:, Ipswich JG35, had kept an inn found of his farn. TnOMAS, Sudbury, m. at "-atertown, 19 Sept. 1688, nt Chd111sfonl, Eng. ~ay;; Yi11 ('ent in his Ili;t. of the P equot war. P er Mary, d. of John Grout, and d. beyond sea, lcm-. wid. and cL. Sarah, aged hap;; we may lie justif. in think. lie came in the Defence, but could not 9.yrs. and l\Iary, G, when admin. was issu. 28 l\Iay 16!)7. *TrnoTIIY, olJtain licen;e to t·111L. being a ;;ub;i,Jy man; we kn. at least, that in that Stamford, s. perhaps eldest, of Nicholas, rep. for Rye 1670, was of sh. that yr. came from London, Sarah K. aged 50; and Dorothy, 30, of * Greenwich, liv. 1697. In that century a single p was us~LLIAM, wh. one 111igl1t be w. and the other sis. or d. Ars1A, Charlesiown 1637, Watertown 1636, d. 30 Aug. 1658, "aged a.80 yrs." Perhaps he came if the force of Frothingham, &7 and 88, can render such a name credible. as early as Nicholas; and had, in his will of 1655, not nam. any w. but " 7 ithout sigl1t of the l\IS. I should indulge the license of modest conject. refer. to ch. of wh. sev. were bro!. by l1im from Eng. and to gr.cl1. His ch. to make it A pphia. BExJAM1x, Newbury; s. of the sec. John of the ::/<,- were William; l\Iary; Eliz.; John, b. 1 G24; ~m es , l G2~; Ann; and same, m. Abigail, d. of H enry Jaques, had B enjamin, b. 8 Feb. 1693 ; I I saac, 15 Jan. 1G95; Abigail, 15 Apr. 1G97; Daniel, 4 D ee.1699, d. Judith. J\Iary m. Thomas Smith; Eliz. m. in Eng. a Buttery; Ann m. L.. Thomas Philbrick, but d. bef. her f. wh. in his will names her childr.; t young; D aniel, again, 11 Jan. 1702 ; and George, 31 J an. 1704. and Ju,Jith m. Nicholas Cad.rfiLLJA)f, "Watertown, s. of the preced. C11AHLES, Salem, a soldier of Gardner's comp. wound. in th ~ gr. Narra by w. l\Iary hnd prob. Joseph, beside Priscilla, b. "to Nov. 1642; and by gansct figlit, Hl Dec. 1675. DAxIEL, Y ork 1640, perhaps in I nd. ,rnr w. l\Iargarct had Judith, b. 2 l\Iar. 1 G53; Eliz. 23 July 16[;7 ·; and, rem. to Lynn, d. 29 Oct. 1 G72. He may ha rn been inf. s. of Jacob. perhaps, others; left wid. Priscilla, wh. had been wid. of Thomas Akers, EzEJZIEL, Salem, if the gr. of ld. 163 7, wh. F elt ment. drew him thither, and s. John. Tliree of this name had, in 182(), been gr. at Harv. and but mo;t of his days was of Braintree, by "·· Eliz. \Yh. was bur. 28 Apr. as mnny at other N . E. coll. 1642, had Ezekiel, b. 1 Feb. 1641, d. at 7 mos. *EZEKIEL, Wells KxEELAxD, Joux, Boston, one of the found. of the Scots' Charif. 1 G4.5, prob. had w. and ch. in early life, and may be the same as the Soc. l Gj7, by w. l\lary had l\Liry, b. 6 Oct. 1 G5::J, d. next yr.; H annah, prcced. was commiss. i. c. rep. l GGJ, al York, much betrust. in public 18 ,1 uly l GG3 ; l\Iary, agn.in, 13 Apr. J 6G6 ; John, () No\". l 668 ; Solo scr\". and aft. l GGZ ~1. l\fary, d. of G oL Theophilus Eaton, wid. of mon, i F cb. ·lGil; and Ruth, 30 July 1673. Ile d. at Roxbury, 11 Y alentine Hill of Do>er, formerly of Boston ; and, next., the wid. of Aug. lG::ll, ~ged ;)9. Pll!Lll', Lynn 1G37. Se,·eral of this name have John LoYcring, and ~ he d. lief. 29 June l Gi 5, whe11 he present. a bill ~ lllllll!llUllllU!Ul!IWWl!!DUJ!UJirnmum1mmmmm1nmmmmn1mzm 1 •mmnw .. , • · I . ,""(f • ~ ,. f:~~ t '. r~ ' . ·r \ I\ ., - - l ·~-~ -:·- ---r ~~- ---~Tg -~ . . , ' . I ...... ~ ..... _., . ~, M - •··~· ··· · --~- · - - • . • ••• ' ...... ~ o M • •- • ...... 0 ~ "· . 'r'· . ): ,..,.. I'~ ~' '\ ~ I '\'= ( ~,) \' " f,... - ff,. ~· '"( .. " ~ ~~ - ~ ~) .~c.,..., [ § ' ' it,'~.. r t .. • I , ' -*- L. ,. , " - IAL...... , ...... ----~· ...... - .., ...... '" ...... «> •'•d 0 or ntr. .tnnu (formerly the "EAGLE") Nicholas/YTilliam Knapp Families CHART or THI COUUI (immigrants to America - 1630) WI NTHR P FLAG SH IP 1'7fo.'inthrop/Saltonstall Fleet MASTER: Captain eter Milbourr.e, of London, Encland I\ J1i/J /'./ LYNN LYNN which was confirmed and extended by several subse· latter part of the fourteenth century, is n large struc quent sovereigns. A new charter was bestowed by ture, combining the decorated with the later English Henry Vlll., in the 16th year of his reign, by which the style, and having an embattled tower surmounted by n municipal constitution was fixed, and another in the spire; the origiual roof of beautifully carved oak is 29th, establishing local courts ; and by charter of the carefully preserved, nnd the interior contains many parts • 'i! nd of James I., the corporation acquired the rights of of great beauty. There arc places of worship for Bap admiralty. The controul, however, is now veotcd in tists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Wcsleyuns, a. mayor, six al.dermrn, and . MA~~lk Unitarians, and Roman Catholics. In the parish of St. eighteen councillors, under ~N~"=. _ ~~ l\forgarct is a cemetery, with a small chapel for the th ~ ~ct of the 5th ~al 6tl~ of ; . ~t-1·~~ · ~." performance of the funeral ser\'icc; and there is a 'V1lham IV., cap. 1 6, which · ~ ·, · burial-ground for the Jews. The Free Grnm111rrr school also divides the borough into ·~ · ~·~.E.~.:;.}l~ " • i C was founded in the reign of Henry VII., by Thomas three wards, and makes the ~ ; :.;-,ii,~1($ ~j Thorcsby, alderman of Lynn, who endowed it with mun.icipal. boundaries co.ex- ~'+···f~· ' ~ ~"-·~ [ /'~ i lands producing about £60 per annum ; a spacious tellSl\'C with the parliament- ~~ ~~t. " J.,;.- !f'd "' . schoolroom, nnd a dwelling-house for the master, were ary. The corporation, until ~ · ~ ,,A;i •.sJ 0; erected in l 825, by t111~ corporation. It has two scholar the pas~ing of t.he same act, • , · · --~ " · l\i ships at Emanuel College, Cambridge, of £ 5. 10. each which abolished admiralty •" per annum, and oue scholarship of £~ per annum, both jurisdictions, presided at an founded by t he corporation, and teuuble for seven years; admiralty court of record for Mayor's Se11l. nlso one selwlursl1ip of £ 2, for seven years, fouuded hy determining all pkas arising within the limits of the port. the owner of an estate ncur Hig;h-bri ahle portion of the land within t.he vill is held by copy Chapter of Chester. The church has a curious Norman of court-roll under the manol' of Eosington. There was door, and some portions in the Inter English ~tyle. a division of common in lfi73. The family of Thomp- SHOTWICK-PAHK, an extrD·.mirochial liberty, in son hm•e hclrl property here, chiefly by copy of court- the union of G1tEAT DouGHTON, Higher division of the roll, at least since the reign of Elizabeth; n'rnl from tlwm lnrndred of vVrnnALL, S. division of the county of the estnte came by marriage, in the middle of the last C1rnsTER, 4-! miles (N. W.) from Cl!estcr; contai1ii11~ century, to the Brandlings. About a mile and a hnlf 16 inhabitnnts. This was the site of a castle formerly north-west of Shotton is the populous colliery village of belon~ing to the crown, where Henry II. is saili to have Shotton-Grange; the pit is wrought by the Haswell lodged on his journey to and from lrcl:md, an cl whirh Coal Company. A free school was founded in 17fi8, in Edward I. occupied in l'-278; it was standing in Leland ' ~ pursuance of the will of Edward \:Yalton, and has an time, and there were some remains in l(i'2'2. income of ahout £30. SHOULD EN (Sr. N1c110LdS), a parish, iu the uni1m SH01TON, with FoxToN, a township, in the parish of EAsTnY, hundred of ConNILO, lathe of ST. Au1;us und union of SEDGF.FIELD, N. E. di1·isio11 or STOCKTON TINE, E. dil•isiou of KEl'n', 14 mile (W.) from Deal ; ward, S. division of the county of DunnAM, 8~ miles containing 465 inhabitants. This parish, which is sitn (N. W.) from Stockton ; containing 44 inhabitants. The atcd on the road from Smulwich to Deal, is boumkcl by Sctons an1l Carrowes held property here, attached to the sea, anil comprises by measurement 189 I acr•·~ . tlll'ir manor of" Foxdcn," in the 14th und 15th centu- whel'eof 3'JI nrc common or waste, 10 woodland, :rnd ries; a moiety of the general estates of the Sctons de- the rest arahle, pasture, and meadow. San cl on Caotle, sccnded to the SayC'r family; and among others who built by Henry VIII. for tlie deft.nee of the con~t. is in have had possessions in the place, occur the families of the parish. The inhabitants are within the jurisdii:tiou Hcbhorne and Salvin. The towuship comprises about of a cnnrt of re(jucsts held at Deal. The living is a l'icar- 17·si acres of rather poor land, and is intersected by the age, t• 11excd to Nnrthhournc. A gallery hns he1·11 Clarence mil way: the hamlet of Shotton lies to the east lately erected in the church. Fragments .of Rornan of Foxton. urns, with several coins, cl1icily of the Emperor Gallil'- SHO'i'fON, with PLESSI:Y, a township, in thl' parish of nus, were found in 1832, on rcmoviug some land near STANNINGTON, union, and \V. division, of CASTLE ward, Sarnlon Ca;:tlc. S. I J nothing is now kuown, the Inst mention of it occurring watered by a small rh·ulct; it appears from ancient .'',. in 1491. The place stands on a bold sandstone cmi- docnnwnts to have had a market; and two larg<' fairs ncnce overlooking the winding course of the l3lyth, and for horses, slH'ep, and rattle, are still held on the 19th of ' f having in sight Simonsidc, the Cheviot hills, nnd a Scpl.l-mher, nnd 11th of October. The li~ing is a per broa !]1. fl~.· >1 111 ~l 1 ~ ' .c /./ // f !-' WELL WELL Hervey, is impropriator : the vicariol tithes ha\·e been Riugar, in 167'8, bequenthed land pro "!\,·\·. i '. u c k l"llht~ lll tu :\1Jl"\\0 id1: t he 111 .ll1 ;1 fo 1·t 11re or ho!ll ;, 111ill·a (E. IJy :--\ .) 1ro 1n .\! J; l ! ~don; c· oiilai n iu~ I ~ : ~ i11ha· ·1 , ; 1~in. s i ~ c..: arr i ~d oi1 tu a linoit t...·d t.' \: lt.'llt. T ltl' l1 \ iu ~ is Liw.nt ·• . T Le \ i l!;1 ~c i::.; :-, ituuted 01 1 llH.: ri\'t·r '1'1. :1111 :.:s. a i"l'l'tor y, \·;,l uetl in t hl' t'" i1 1j.( :i l.11"1h ::i :--\k l· t d 1ky1 l b:2·; i11 h ;1Ui ta111:-; . 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(-5 .1, .. , l\·/:1-rl1 J\..,:l•C ;095 _)r,i.- 1·· : .. :.,-\~··: i ::·(--, •r '1T' '-'l_. ~ - I\, '- ·· I \...: j \ ,_.. u L t . ~ Ofit,fVi E co u, r.m soc. c/t H;: '\ :•~ ~ : ··c 1.-.-:1 L·~,r~ry 1.'00 7 ~ ~ . l \\' ITC:llCR .·\FT TRIALS OF C:O:\:\FC:rJC:t'T The Early Yrars - 1633-1654 5 ALSE YOUNG While she was imprisoned in Hartford, she was visited by Lhe Re,·erend Samuel Stone, who sought her repenlence. Re\'. William Although Lhe early records are fragmenlary and almost cenainly Whiting, Swne's successor at Hartford, sent lhe details of the trial to the incomplete, i1 does appear lhat the Omnecticut law against witchcraft Reverend Cotton Mather, who included lhem in his book, Memorable was first applied in 1647, m aking it the earliest such execution in Providenres, written in 1689. Mather's account concludes with, " .. . at America. Alse Young (s) of \·Vindsor was tried, conYicted, and hanged her execution . .. she went out of the world with many hopes of mercy in Hanford. Not a single court record of her indictment, trial, or through the merit of Jesus Christ .. . and she died in Lhe frame (of mind) execution is known 10 exist. For years the only reference to this case was extremely to the satisfaction of them that were specLawrs of it. Our God a si ngle sentence in Governor Vi'inthrop's .Journal to the effect that a is a grea 1 forgiver. " person from Windsor had been arraigned and execuled in Hartford. ll1e The Court which sentenced Mary Johnson to hang was conducted by inferred date of this entry in the journal was the spring of 1647 . In Edward Hopkins, the Governor. The magistrates were Thomas Wells of the fact of no confirming information, some historians suggested that Wethersfield, Henry Woolcott of Windsor, John Webster, and John Winthrop might have recorded a piece of hearsay. HoweYer, in 1904 a n Cullick of Hartford. The twelve-man jury consisted of \\'illiam entry was discovered in the diary of Matthew Grant, the second town Gibbens, John Talcotl, William Wadsworth, and Andrew Bacon of clerk of Windsor. The en1ry slated simply: May 26, 1647, "Alse Young Hartford; Samuel Smith, Nathanit>l Dickerson, ll1omas Coleman, and was ha nged." John Deming of Wethersfield; Henry Clarke, Matthew Allyn, William It is presumed that Alse was the wife or daughter of John Youngs, Phelps, and John More of Windsor. who purchased land in Windsor from William Hubbard in 1641 and sold it in 1649. JOHN AND JOANE CARRINGTON J\.ATHERINE PALMER This same court, joined by Deputy Governor John Haynes, and with In October of 16-18 J ohn Robins of Wethersfield entered a complaint Mr. Clarke seT\'ing as a magistrate, met al Hanford on February 20, on behalf of his wife against Kalherine Palmer, the wife of Hen!'\' 1651, to hear the case against John Carrington and his wife, Joane, of Palmer of Wethersfield. Goodwife Robins ch arged Goodwife Palme1 Wethersfield who had been indicted for "familiarity with Salan" and with 1o rmenling her by witchcraft, and Henry had to post a "good "works abo\·e the course of nature." beha\·im" bond. The bond was lifted, and Goody Palmer was dismissed John Oi.ffington, about 45, was a carpenter who had settled in " ·ith a warning at the Particular Court held Drcember 7 at Hanford. \\.'ethersfi eld before 1643. He had been fined ten pounds in 1649 for Suspicion continued to cling lO Katherine Palmer, and she was to again selling a gun to an Indian. Both Carringtons were found guilty on face charges of practicing witchcraft. March 6, 1651 , and were hanged at Hartford. Carrington's estate, probaled on March I, 1653, was a meagre 23 pounds, with debts of 13 pounds. MARY JOHNSON The jury in the Carrington case consisted of William Phelps, John Talcott, Hollister, Da\'id Wilton, John White, William Lewis, Samuel At Lhe same court a jury found :\fary Johnson of \\'rthersfield guilty. Smith, John Pratt, John More, Edward Griswold, Stephen Harte. and chiefly by her own co nfession , of familiarity witll the de\·il. Mary was a Thomas Judd. sen·an1 \,·ho h;id pre\'iously been publicly whipped for lhie\·er\'. She told the jun· Lhat she had been discontent with her man\' chores and had m1111e1 ed 1h:i 1 the de\'il should take this and that, whereupon the de\·il GOOD\VIFE BASSETT appeared and offered 10 do her work. Thereafter the devil cleaned the ashes from the hearth for her and would fetch the hogs for her. making In May of Lhe same year, the Governor, Mr. Cullick. and Mr. Clarke them run around in a frenzy for her amusement. In addition lO her pact were directed by the General Coun at Hanford to tra\'el to Stiatford '1nd with the dr\·il , Mary confessed that she had "commilled uncleanness" conduct the trail of Goodwife Bassett, who was charged with witchcraft. with men and dr\'ils and had a lso murdered a child. Mr. Thomas Wells was designated to go if the Governor were unable. As i • (j \\' ITCllC:RAFT TRIALS OF c:o:-1:---rcTIC:t ' T The Early Years - 1633-1654 7 with most of these early trials, no other records survive. The Court did complain that m any charged with capital crimes h;_id fled to Rhode They suggested 10 Knapp tha1 now that she was condemned to die she Island to escape prosecuti o n. and it is proba hle that there were other should confess all, particularly whether there was another witch. They witchcrafr trials during this period for which no record surviws. pointedly mentioned that the last person to give evidence against her at Goodwife Bassett confessed h er guilt and was hanged in Stratford. the trial (who was Mary Staples) was the cause of her conviction. Before her death she said that sht' knew of another wirch li\'ing in The nex1 day Goody Knapp sent Goodwife Jones, the wife of the Fairfield who held her head high. bur she refused to n ame rhe witch. Fairfield minister, to bring Luce Pell to her again. Luce brought her two daughters with her, and Hester, the wife of Andrew Ward, a deputy of the legislature. Mrs. Jones urged Goody Knapp to say whether she was GOODWIFE KNAPP the witch referred to by Goody Bassett before her execution. Goody Knapp said she was no1, and related a story apparently intended to take a Roger Knapp was an ea rly settler of New Ha\·en , arri,·ing there before line of defense insinuated 10 her earlier, namely, to cast suspicion on 1638. H e was a poor man and mo\'ed briefly ro Dela w;ue Bay before Mary Staples. She said Goody Staples once told about an Indian srnling in Fairfield wirh his wife, two sons, Jonarhan and Josiah, and a appearing from the woods and offering two gods which shone brighter daughter, Lydia. Fairfield had been se rried by Roger Ludlow , who was than day, which she, being frightened, refused. The group questioning al!racred to this area when he firsr saw i r during the "swamp fight" " ·ith Goodwife Knapp grew in siz.e, as Goodwife Sherwood and Goodwife the Pequots. Fairfield, in 1653, was in a very turbulent state. Cromwell Lockwood arrived. Elizabeth Brewster again urged Knapp ro say who had taken England to war against H olland, and thf' settlers of was a witch. Knapp replied that she must not say anything untrue or Connecticut were afraid of an an;ick bv th e Dutch from New wrong about anybody, but she would reveal to Mr. Ludlow or the Amsrerdam. Fairfield was in the most exposed position. Ludlow, a minister on the sreps of the gallows what had been said to h er in private. milita nt ;ind z.ealous Puritan, was u·ying, without success. ro srir the Eliz.a beth suggested that if Knapp kept silent until then, the devil might people ro initiate offensi,·e action against the Dutch. In thC' midsr of this have her quick a nd silence her forever, to which Knapp replied angrily, excitemem Goodwife l\.napp was brought to trial on cha1ges of "Take heed the devil ha\'e not you, for you cannot tell how soon he ,,·itchcraf r. A commitree of women, including Luce Pell, the wife of Dr. might be your companion. The truth is you would haYe me say that Thomas Pell, the surgeon, of Fa irfield, was appointed to search Goody Goodwife Staples is a witch, but I have sins enough to answer for Knapp for "witchmarks." " \\'itchmarks" were believed to be of two already and I will not add this 10 my condemnation. I know nothing by types. First, imps or familiars, in animal or human form, were believed Good wife Staples and I hope she is an honest woman." Luce Pell rurned ro accompany witches . a nd the ,,·irches had '' ... some big 01 lit rle real to Thomas Lyon, the jailer, with an air of wounded innocence, and upon their bod" and in wme st'CH'! place where he (rh e familiar) sucketh demanded whether she had e\·er suggested that Mary Staples was a them." And, secondly." ... che Devil lea\'eth orher marks upon cheir witch. Lyon rebuked Knapp, and told her to be careful that her words body (which) being pricked will not bleed and (which) be o ft en in their did not sow dissension between her neighbors afrer she w;is gone; but secrerest parrs ... ".(for )" ... 'tis thought when 1he De\'il maketh his Goody Knapp answered, " Goodman Lyon hold your tongue .. . You com·e nan t with one he ah,·a\'s leaves his m a rk behind him to knm,· one know not what has been said to me in private. I apprehend that for his own .. . "The committee found G oody l\.napp to ha,·e .. witch's Good wife Staples has done me some wrong in her testimony, bur I must teats." not render evi l for evil." Goodwife Sherwood was Yery much puz.zled by Many residents of Fa irfield tes tified against Knapp; and tho ugh this statement because the testimony of Goodwife Staples had been Goodwife Kn app maintained her innocence. she was con\'icted and much the same as that of many other witnesses_. and she told Goody Knapp that if she spoke with the jury, she would find that Staples' senrenced to hang. She ,,·as put in therustodY of Richa rd Lyon ID a wait I I execution. l\fany of the townspeople wcnr ro the prison house Lo see testimony h:id no t been decisive in convicting her. Knapp said, howe\'er. Knapp on the firsr day of her imprisonmen t. \\'hen all had lrfr except that she had been privately informed to the contrary within the past half Goodwife Odell, from the commit1ce that had searched for the hour. "witchmarks," a nd Goodwifc Sherwood, a delegation of woim·n arrived Goodwife Sherwood Jefr the house and returned later, finding only ro extract a confession from Knapp. The delcgarion consisted of Luce, I lhe wardsma n , Thomas Sherington, and Goodwife Baldwin there. the " ·ife o f D1. Thomas Pell, and her !\\'Oda ugh rers , Eliz;ibcth and :\lary t Goodwife Baldwin approached and whispered in Goody Sherwood's Brewster, Susan, rhe ,,·i fe of R ohen Lockwood. and Goodwif~ Purdy. ear that Knapp had confided tha1 there was another witch in town who would confess within a year and revea l Knapp to be innocent. Baldwin ~ 8 WIT C HCRAFT TRIALS OF C O:->N ECT JC t 'T The Early Yrars - 1633-1 65 4 9 asked how Knapp could know tha t the woman w;is a witch unless she handle the body, several women rebuked her; and she yielded and said were one herself. Knapp said she knew 1hat 1h e- woma n was a witch wry likely those might be witch's teats. because she had received Indian gods. Sherwood con fro nted Knapp As the body was carried to the grave, Mary told Goodwives Gold and with this story, and Knapp denied it vi gorously, saying that she knew a Sherwood, Mr. Bulkley, and Dr. Pell's man, Kester, that it was a long woma n who was offered Indian gods but who refused to accept them. time before she could believe that this poor woman was a witch or that there were such things as witches until she read in the Bible, "Thou At last, Goodwife Sherwood came to the prison with the stern figure shalt not suffer a witch to live." of Martha Gold, the wife of Nathan Gold, Fairfield'smostdistinguished military leader. Goodwife Gold bluntly informed Knapp that nothing \\'Ould detrr her execution, and tha t if she had grounds for suspicion MARY STAPLES against anyone she should now declare it. Otherwise, she should not do (Forebear of Sir Winston Churchill - See Appendix) 1he devil's work of sowing malicio us seed after her, but should speak the Some time after Kna pp's hanging, Roger Ludlow was a t the home of truth. At this Knapp burst into tears and said no o ne could know how the Rev. John Davenport, the religious leader of the New Haven ~he had been tempted . "J'\e,·e r, n e,·er," she cried, "a poor creature was Colony. In a conversation which Ludlow thought was to be kept 1nnp1ed as 1 was 1emp1rd. Pray, pray for me." Sh e confessed t11a t she confidemial, he told the minister and his wife that on the gallows steps knew of no witch. Knapp had named Staples as a \\'itch. Rev. Da,enpon was displeased Knapp's ultimate refusa l. even though goaded and sorely tempted, to with this comment from Ludlow and sa id he thought tha t Goodwife seek escape or 1evenge by accusing Mary Staples had a profound impact Knapp had made Lh e accusa ti o n out of malice. Ludlow did not make on Mary . On the day o f 1he execut ion Mary walked with the large crowd these charges in public, but he did publicly accuse Goodwife Staples of 1h;it accompanied the com 'icted witch from 1h e prison to the ga ll o"·s. being a liar. This led to an angry confromation in church. The :\Ir. Ludlow and t11 e Rev. John Jones were still urg ing Knapp to con fess outspoken J\lary Staples dcm;rnded tha1 Ludlow cite some example of 1hat she was a witch . l\Luy Staples, in a great state o f agita ti on, her lyi ng. Ludlow replied tha t a specifi c cx;imple was unnecessary since i111 errupted the men and demanded ,,·hy Knapp should confess to wha 1 she lied cominuallv. ,,·as untrue. Fa lling in with a group o f teenage girl s. Deborah Ludlow and Staples lived adjacent to each o ther in Fairfield and were Lockwood, Bethia Brandi sh. and Sarah Cable, she 1old them that she old en emies. Four years prior to 1he present Lrouble, Ludlow had \\'as per,uaded that Good,,·ife Knapp was no " ·itch. Goodwife Gold. brought a suit for slander against Thomas Staples before the Particu lar m·e rliearing this, rebuked her, saying "Sister Staples she is a ,,·i tch and Court a t Hau ford. Ludlow sued for 200 poun ds: and alt hough the jury has confes,ed familiari1y ,,·i1h de\'il." Staples repl it«i. "]"·as ,,·i1h her .. fou nd in his favor, it all O\,·ed him o nly tl'n shi llings and court cos ts. las t night :rnd she said no such thing ... " Gradually rumors spread concerning Ludlow's com·ersation ,,·i1h At the execution, Go0 10 \\'I T CHC.R A F T T RIALS OF CO:'li;-.; EC: TJ C. l" T T iu• Early Yl'ars - 1633-1 654 II Attomev Brya n conveyed to the court that Mr. L udlow d id n o t belie \"e Henry Stiles, a bach elor and the eldest of four brothers, was very close Knapp's accusa ti o n against Swplcs, but only re-ported wha t sh e said. On lO his brother, Francis, and, like him, was a m aster carpenter. When the charge of calling her a liar, the attorney requested m ore time to Francis sold his land in Windsor and moved to Stratford, H enry stayed prepare a n answer. The court ruled that they saw no j u stification for behind a nd lived wi th Thomas and Lydia Gilbert, who had acquired suspecting Mary Sta ples of being a witch, and judged tha t Roger part of the Stiles farm . Ludlow had defamed her. Therefore, the court ordered tha t he must pay Matthew Allyn had quarrel('d with Rev. Thomas Hooker and was Thomas Staples te n pounds for reparati on of his wife's name. a nd also excommunicated from the church at H an ford in 1640. H owever, this fi\'e pounds court costs. apparently did not diminish Mr. Allyn's prestige or influence. He Ludlow decided tha t he could no t ge1 a favorable verdict in the courts moYed to \Vindsor, buying the last of the lands belonging to the group of the New H il ,·en Colony, and so he b1ough1s ui t thcfoJJ o,,·ing week in from Plymouth, and continurd to be elected to hig h offices. Ma uhew th e Connecticut Colony Court a t H ;.i rtfo1d. H e ;igain brought suit Allyn was freed from the bond for his son's good beha\·ior; and one year against Tho mas Sta ples for 200 pounds. This Lime the charge " ·as fa lse after the sh ooting Thomas All yn was permi1ted to attend training and imprisonment. Ho wnc:r, L udlow failed to appea r for the trial; and his serve his turn at wa tching and warding. 3, 1654, attorney d('clined to purrne the ca~c . T he Particular Court a t H anford On Onobrr the court remitted the twenty-pound fine ord('re A Genealogy ,.,,. ~,~ OF THE .·1 ,1 ! .r .:.~·1 ~ ~e~ escendants of William Knapp r- . ·:"f"'• ,l -$' ' WHO SETTLED IN ~., j?: ..-...1.i-•. Y. __•. .::. WATERTO\\"N, MASS., I!\' 1630 . .' ~\; ;~~;f>.iifit lnpluding also a Tabulated Pedigree, Paternal and Maternal, ~ j. t ,. "'f-" '~i;. .. ~... ~ t.' t ... ~~\.-et!.t.. tj',- ~ .. of Hiram Knapp ,..- .:( ·~,<~k .; :..; ;,;:;· ·:~i~;i~)··. '. tJ " IH... . I \ '. ~ I "' ~ :~' -~.~); l~· ·-'\. DY ( '. ·. ' ' ARTHUR MASON KNAPP Spes nostra Deus / / '-<:1-i -- l~(~ ~/ f1_,~4~h , _~!\~uf/~ B OSTON, MASS. 1909 1I • • ~ • ~1 11 ~ 1" ~·.. ) ,j ,:il · ~ 1 ~ :\la1s book embodies the result of investigations pursued for many '- , as a diversion from other literary labor, by one who, despite his esty, reflected much honor upon the name he bore. [See Appen :; · Note A.] The author would doubtless have extended and elabo- , the work before publishing it, and solved some problems that iiJit J!or! lftU frtD : lexed him; but the editors have chosen to present it substantially SAMUEL USHER h e left it. He was extremely painstaking in his researches and 1711 TO 184 HIGH llTRECT ao&TOH, MASS. t. , itious in his statements, so that his records may generally be relied 11 . ,,n. His doubts, so far as known, are indicated as such. • I j .l GEORGE B. KNAPP, :~ : KATHARINE KNAPP, '- TON, 1909. Editors. ,, tl . -l ;~ l j "" •• I 1~. i ,\!ij ~ ~ ~ ·,,l I; If l~ ,/ It 4 j o~ l 1· ' ·i ~~i } A INTRODUCTION ,., THE name Knapp is of Teutonic origin, and is derived from the Anglo-Saxon cnapa, which corresponds to the German Knappe, an "esquire or body-servant to a knight or noble; or from cnaep, a hill, which, in the forms of Knap, Knop, Knob, nap, etc., occurs as a place-name in midland and southern England. Probably the name has not a common origin for all families bearing it. There are many I variations in the spelling of the name, some families not adhering to any particular form, while others were quite persistent in so doing, even when more liberty in that matter was practiced than now. The earliest mention of the name is in the Rotuli Curi(]! Regis, Vol um.e I, page 139, thus: "Anno Regis Ricardi IX: I: XV die [i. e., 1198], Petrus Knape." From that time down, it occurs frequently in English records. It was common in Suffolk and Norfolk counties II and there is some evidence, but not as yet conclusive, that the I Knapps of America came from the former county.* In the Visita v tion of Suffolk of 1577 the coat-of-arms of the Knapp family is thus Ii described: "Or, in chief, three close helmets, sable; in base a lion > passant , of the last. Crest: An arm embowed, in armour, proper, garnished, or, the hand of the first grasping by the blade a broken sword, argent; hilt and pommel of the second, with a branch of laurel, vert. Motto: Spes n ostra Deus." r1 Among the immigrants who came over with Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630 were two men, perhaps brothers, named Nicholas and William Knapp, who, with others, became the first settlers of Watertown, Mass. The children of Nicholas removed to Connecticut and are the ancestors of the Knapps of that state, of western Massachusetts, of New York and states farther west. William, who remained in Water town, is the ancestor of those ob' the name in central and eastern Massachusetts, except the southeastern, where they are from Aaron ·I {possibly a third brother), who was one of the early settlers of Taun ton. The Knapps of New Hampshire and Maine are also descendants ( of William. I Before 1644 William Knapp was grantee of seven lots of land in the ) town of Watertown, and purchaser of one. His "homestall" of -i sixteen acres was bounded southwesterly by that of Richard ·Lock- !. • Mr. 0.wald G. Knapp, of Hill•ide, Caotle Hill, Maidenhead, England, who io about to ; prJblisb a hietory of the Engli!!h families of the name of Knapp, bu mac.Je !Ome interhtinK 1 rwearcb~ in an eoc.Jea,,·or to locate our ancestor WiJliam . .... '1 I ~6 INTRODUCTION' ~ J\ ' I I wood, southeasterly by that of Nicholas Knapp, easterly by that Richard Browne, northeasterly by that of Richard Beers, northerly ' ii the highway (the Cambridge road). Most of his real estate, amo KNAPP FAMILY IN AMERICA i ing to about one hundred and seventy acres, came, after his dea Ii into the possession of Nathaniel Coolidge. His will, proved Octol:Je. 15, 1658, makes no mention of his wife, probably because made lJou.:.-The •ncce•slTe genenr.tlon• are designated by the letters of the alpha.bet In large before his second marriage, his first wife having died in England. IL '1tal!, A. repreeentlng tho Immigrant. The Arabic notation Indicates the order In which t : the settlement of his estate, however, his widow received one third. tAmllle• of each generation are considered; and the Roman numeral! dlltlngulllh the dnln of each family. In the records of Watertown there are many items relating to this. J I our earliest American ancestor. A WILLIAM KNAPP was born in England about 1578; came to I I I I ;his country in 1630 with Sir Richard Saltonstall, and was one of the I inlt settlers of Watertown, Mass., where he died Aug. 30, 1658, aged, : I •the town record states, " about eighty." The name of his first I I wife, who died in England, is unknown; his second, whom he married between 1655 and 1658, was Priscilla Akers, widow of Thomas Akers. I iI CHILDRE::'C ; (All born in Eogla.nd.) B1 I. WILLIAM. id, , I B2 JI. JOHN. B1 III. JAMES . .h, . j . IV. MARY, m., 1636 (?), Thomas Smith, of Watertown (who was a t ~ b. 1601 and d. March 10, 1692(3]). , of v. JuDITH, m., 1650(?), Nicholas Cady, and removed, about _.mted :' l' j ' 1668, to Groton, Mass. ." g the I~/ VI. ANNE, m. Thorno,s Philbrick, of Hampton; d. :May 17-, 1667. RIC • '7 'I VII. ELIZADETH, m. John Buttery and returned to England, \ i fr where she resided at Bury St. Mary, Suffolk. In 1662, June 24, she, a widow, sold through her attorney, I I Ii Thomas Danforth, her share (one eighth) of her father's '; ' I estate. The original power of attorney is on file at the ?;) ( probate office in East Cambridge, Mass. ;c, :J I ad I ,·as I B1 )CC WILLI..\:\12 (William'), son of the immigrant; b. in England; m., {or I lat, Mary --; m., second, about 1652, Margaret --; lived in .ps. l 1htertown, where he died Sept. 25, 1676. J.Ild ! CHILDREN: be- sse1' 1. PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 10, 1642. I . are I II. JosEPH, apprenticed ~lar c h 6, 1656, to J. Fleming, after- wards to John Barnard. f f 1. 'I . \ b... I 8 THE KNAPP FAMILY IN AMERICA ® ~ 9 ' r( T!Hl KNAPP FAMILY IN AMERICA III. JUDY, b. March 2, 1653. J ? _.- .Iv. ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1657; m., Sept. 11, 1674, Samuel husbandman; Jonas, hou8ewright; Daniel and Jonathan, husband 1 Scripturi; of CaP)bridge. , · I A_ / / men; Sarah, Lydia, and Hannah," symsters," all of Newton; James, /f;niYl •f S-'-'- JJ.L< r!t/c.U.4\.. fo .r. ..¥; r)-~;/( . T• J' J? husbandman, of ·worcester; Ebenezer, weaver, of Weston. In the r B2 Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Mass., are many items relating to transfer of property among various members of this family, dating i\ lI 2 1 JOHN (William ), son of the immigrant; b. in England about I l 1624; May 25, 1660, Sarah Young. His will, proved April 27, m., from 1704 to 1736 . CHILDREN: •I ~ I 1696, mentions his wife Sarah and children I. to vu. in the following I :1 Jist. . I I. SARAH, b. Aug. 13, 1686; d. 1755; unmarried. I CHILDREN: D' n. JoHN, b. Dec. 11, 1688. C1 I. JOHN, b. :\fay 4, 1661. D2 Ill. JAMES, b. Feb . 21, 1690. IV. JoNAS, m., Nov. 6, 1737, Mary Wright, at Falmouth, Me. II. SARAH, b. Sept. 5, 1662 (called in John's will, Sarah Park). On muster roll of Capt. John Shipley's company, III. HENRY, executor of his father's will. In 1716 he was pro· June 26, 1722; on that of Capt. Geo. Btrry's company, / tecting settlers against the Indians. j Falmouth, Me., May 19, 1746, toJan.19, 1747,Corporal C2 IV. ISAAC, b. 1672(?). v. MARY, m. Simon .'l'ozer, of Weston, llfass. Jonas Knapp. C3 VI. JOSHU ..\.. V. JoNATHAJ.'<. \ I VII. ABIGAIL, m., Oct. 3, 1712, Benjamin Neu:ton, of ::\farlboro, D' VI . DANIEL. \ Mass. n• vu. EBENEZER. VIII. JAMES, probably lost in the expedition against Quebec in vm. LYDIA, d. April 29, 1734, unmarried. IX. HANNAH, m. Moses Allen and lived in New Medfield, ii•I ) 1690. [From Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Nov. 9, 1736: "Isaac Knapp, of Salem, and wife Anna grant W orccster County, Mass. ll\1 x. lsAAC, b. -; m. Mary - and had a son., Jedediah, I land in Maine, west of Sowhegan, granted in right of his \ b. Feb. 28, 1726, who married Sarah. - and had a brother James, who was in the Canada expedition, now daughter Hannah, a minor above fourteen years of deceased."] ~ l1' age in 1762, when the widow Sarah was appointed B::i her guardian. They lived in Needham. Among the grantees of Lyndeboro, N. H., September, 1736, are • :;'[( JAMES2 (William1), son of the immigrant; b. about 1627; 111. . I I . l Elizabeth, dau. of John Warren. He was one of the original pro Isaac and James Knapp, probably x. and Ill. prietors of Groton, Mass., where twenty ~cres of land, free from taxc:< for twenty years, were given him to encourage the building of a mill. 02 Q '• CHILDREN: ~ ·,,.._ .~ ;" ) (J..t. ~ OCCGS REr ER ENCE Or"-JL. .Y english ~w eNGL.AND gAMILIES ------;;~~= : From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register DOES NOT CIRCULATE First Series in Three Volumes ' ~ I '\.; VOLUME III ...:-.. ,,_..," .f. . Selected and Introduced by .... l GARY BOYD ROBERTS With an Index by Judith McGhan Baltimore GENEAWGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC. 1984 ~ ThOiTI'as ffilbrick have converted and arranged [converterunt et ordinanerunt] [Elizabethan Copy) certain of their buildings i!l •o several cottages within the precinct of this leet. BapliJms They are in mercy. It is ordered that henceforth no inhabitant within the manor convert his tenement into cottages, &c. 15SS Robert Fylbryge 23 April. Next court here is I Oct. 16JS. Then a gap until 1656. 1560/1 Robert f!ilbrigg 17 February. 1561 Margaret ffilbrigg 24 August. MuSTu. RoLL or BABER.OH HUNDRED, co. SuFFOLX:, 1522 1562 Jeffery ffilbrigg 25 October. 1563/4 · l':dward ffilbrigg 19 March. (